This is one of the best books I have ever picked up. I'm not done with it only on page 135 and I'm very impressed so far. This book was well thought out in many different ways. Some of the things Simon talks about I would have never thought about on my own! He is very considerate when he designs a website. He teaches you how to design for all types of audiences. For instance he talks about keeping your links underlined and trying not to use colors only to define your links. Underline links distinguish from the inactive text. If you use color alone with no underline then colorblind people could have issues understanding your links. It's brilliant and I would have never thought of that!



I've messed around with CSS for many years just very basic stuff. Edition myspace layouts and doing things of that sort. I've never really known CSS well enough to write it from scratch. I'm only on page 135 and I've learned so much it's unreal. Simon is so easy to follow and the flow of the book is genius. The examples are so good and I have only found one error so far in the coding. It's probably on his site in the errors section of this book. Luckily he teaches so well that I was able to figure out where he messed up from doing the previous chapters.



The error is on page 76. He teachs how to set up a Drop Cap class. When he creates it in the CSS he does as so...

p dropcap:first-letter {



Well in order to create a class as he talks about in earlier chapters you have to start the class with a period. I realize what he is trying to do is set the class inside the paragraph only but it doesn't work like this. In order to get it to work you have to type it as so and it works perfect.



.dropcap:first-letter {



Even though I knew CSS a little this book is for everyone. Even if you have never done CSS or even seen it this book is for you. The content is wonderful.



I've never written a review on a book before. That's how much I am enjoying this book. I had to come to Amazon and tell about it. It just can't be beat. If you want a CSS book this is the one! I read many reviews on this book and many other books before I even purchased this book. I will definitely be looking for more books by Simon in the near future when I finish this one.