{"id":2378,"date":"2009-07-22T10:30:46","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T17:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=2378"},"modified":"2009-07-22T10:30:46","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T17:30:46","slug":"transcending-css-the-fine-art-of-web-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2009\/07\/22\/transcending-css-the-fine-art-of-web-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-2378\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Transcending-CSS-Design-Voices-Matter\/dp\/0321410971\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1248282888&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author:<\/strong> <span><span class=\"contributorNameTrigger\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Andy-Clarke\/e\/B001IGNFWK\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1\">Andy Clarke<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paperback:<\/strong> 384 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> New Riders Press; 1 edition (November 25, 2006)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 0321410971<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-0321410979<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"msgPlainWrap\">This book isn&#8217;t really about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Transcending-CSS-Design-Voices-Matter\/dp\/0321410971\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1248282888&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Transcending CSS<\/a> but instead equal parts history, technique, design, process and futures.<\/p>\n<p>And if you want to do more with CSS than a how-to book, you want to read this.<\/p>\n<p>The author, Andy Clarke, believes that you should design for the best, standards based browser and then degrade gracefully.<\/p>\n<p>The design and process sections were very helpful; Clarke believes in structuring content in a content-centric fashion and then apply CSS to lay the content out.<\/p>\n<p>There is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transcendingcss.com\/support\/\" target=\"_blank\">web page<\/a> that provides all the examples in the book; it would have been great if all the links were on this page, too.  So, here are the links I found useful:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dean.edwards.name\/IE7\/\" target=\"_blank\">\/IE7\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/archivist.incutio.com\/viewlist\/css-discuss\/13291\" target=\"_blank\">[css-d] CSS signatures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/microformats.org\/wiki\/Main_Page\" target=\"_blank\">Welcome to the Microformats Wiki<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tests.novemberborn.net\/javascript\/emulate-css-pseudo-class-target-in-ie.html\" target=\"_blank\">Emulate the CSS :target pseudo-class in IE<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fawny.org\/2005\/09\/21\/measures\/\" target=\"_blank\">Line lengths when reading from a screen<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re into CSS and want to know how to do modern web design, this is a must-read book.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-2378\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 2378);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-2378\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-2378\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design Author: Andy Clarke Paperback: 384 pages Publisher: New Riders Press; 1 edition (November 25, 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0321410971 ISBN-13: 978-0321410979 This book isn&#8217;t really about Transcending CSS but instead equal parts history, technique, design, process and futures. 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