CSS

This week we were supposed to read chapter eleven and twelve from the web design book. I have really started to like this book; I find it much more interesting than the previous text. I also like it because it has helped me in creating my website for this course. I’m starting to think that I actually will not sell this book back when I graduate from this program at the end of the month. I am still looking for my other web design book from undergraduate. Still unable to locate it, of course, this happens whenever you clean.
Chapter eleven was about cascading style sheets and I was pleasantly surprised to find out I actually remembered them from my other course. I thought it was funny that one of the benefits of CSS was that it was less work. I don’t know why I thought this was funny, but I did. I had liked this concept in my other course and it made editing and changing appearances so much easier. As with the other chapters, this one broke down the steps to creating a CSS. This was a really easy way to understand what you had to do.
I also liked the examples on page 189. They showed the same XHTML document, but with several different designs. This was a great way to illustrate the benefits of CSS. If you create a webpage and dislike how it looks, CSS helps you to change it as many times as you want in a short amount of time.
When the book listed the steps to creating a CSS it was very brief. But when you moved onto the next few pages it broke down each step in a more detailed description. They also included several notes that would help explain information. Tips were also included in this chapter. I really like how they include all these extract items in the sidebars. I think this makes this book more than just a manual, but a complete guide to web design.
At the end of the chapter they give you other resources for CSS information. I also liked this because it was a way to help readers locate more information, without having to go to the back of the book for a list of resources used in creating it.
Even though I am not completely done with my webpage I feel that I am better able to complete it, by using this book. I have actually recommended it to several people outside of this program.