The Art & Science of CSS: Create inspirational standards-based web design
Fear forms no more! In this excerpt from “The Art & Science of CSS: Create inspirational standards-based web design,” you’ll see that forms need not be scary. You’ll learn how to create great-looking forms that complement your site design, and you’ll learn the necessary code to make them work as you intend.
Requirements
To complete this article, you will need the following software:
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
Prerequisite knowledge:
An understanding of site design and experience using Dreamweaver
Where to go from here
For more information about Dreamweaver and site design, check out the following resources:
- Dreamweaver Design Center
- Overview of CSS features in Dreamweaver CS3, by Julie Hallstrom
- Understanding the new Dreamweaver CS3 CSS Layouts, by Stephanie Sullivan
About the authors
Cameron Adams has been adding to the Internet for over seven years and now runs his own design and development business. He likes to combine the aesthetic with the technological on his weblog, http://www.themaninblue.com/, which contains equal parts of JavaScript, design, and CSS.
Jina Bolton, interactive designer, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Computer Arts and Graphic Design from Memphis College of Art. In addition to being featured in CSS Professional Style and Web Designing magazine, Jina consults for various agencies and organizations, including the World Wide Web Consortium. She enjoys traveling, is learning Italian, and considers herself a sushi enthusiast.
David Johnson is one of those evil .NET developers from Melbourne, Australia. He is the senior developer at Lemonade, http://www.lemonade.com.au/, and his role includes C# programming, database design using SQL Server, and front-end development using XHTML and CSS. He makes up for his evil deeds by being a firm believer in web standards and accessibility, and forcing .NET to abide by these rules. His favourite candy is Sherbies.
Steve Smith lives with his wife, son, and a few miscellaneous animals in South Bend, Indiana, USA. As well as maintaining his personal web site, http://orderedlist.com/, Steve works as an independent web designer, developer, and consultant. He does his best to convince his clients and friends that web standards should be a way of life.
Jonathan Snook has been involved with the Web since ’95, and is lucky to be able to call his hobby a career. He worked in web agencies for over six years and has worked with high-profile clients in government, the private sector, and non-profit organizations. Jonathan Snook currently runs his own web development business from Ottawa, Canada, and continues to write about what he loves on his blog, http://snook.ca/.
Excerpted from “The Art & Science of CSS.” Published by Sitepoint © 2007. Used with the permission of Sitepoint. To purchase the full-length title, visit www.sitepoint.com.
