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Brief books for people who make websites

Dan Cederholm

CSS3 FOR
WEB DESIGNERS
Foreword by Jeffrey Zeldman

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Dan Cederholm

CSS3 FOR
WEB DESIGNERS


Copyright © 2010 by Dan Cederholm
All rights reserved
Publisher: Jeffrey Zeldman
Designer: Jason Santa Maria
Editor: Mandy Brown
Technical Editor: Ethan Marcotte
Copyeditor: Krista Stevens
ISBN 978-0-9844425-2-2
A Book Apart
New York, New York

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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53
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116
122

chapter 1

Using CSS3 Today
chapter 2

Understanding CSS Transitions
chapter 3

Hover-Crafting with CSS3
chapter 4

Transforming the Message
chapter 5

Multiple Backgrounds
chapter 6

Enriching Forms

chapter 7

Conclusion
Index



ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dan Cederholm is a web
designer, author, husband
and father living in Salem,
Massachusetts. He’s the
founder of SimpleBits,
a tiny design studio. A
recognized expert in the
field of standards-based
web design, Dan has
worked with YouTube,
MTV, Google, Yahoo,
ESPN, Fast Company,
Blogger, and others. He
embraces flexible, adaptable design using web standards through his design work,
writing, and speaking.
Dan is co-founder and designer of Dribbble, a community for
designers sharing what they’re working on in real time. Previously, he co-founded Cork’d, the web’s first social network for
wine aficionados.
Dan is the author of three bestselling books: Handcrafted CSS
(New Riders), Bulletproof Web Design, Second Edition (New
Riders) and Web Standards Solutions, Special Edition (Friends of
ED). He also plays a mean ukulele and is merely a casual fan of

space travel.

Author photo courtesy John Morrison, NASA, and Photoshop.





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