A quick, easy introduction to creating professional Web sites with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Browser support of CSS has increased dramatically with the introduction of versions 6 of Internet Explorer, Netscape, and AOL clients.

Author is three-time President, board member, and active instructor in the HTML Writers Guild.

CSS is the prerequisite bridge between HTML coding and higher-level programming technologies, such as XHTML, Javascript, Java, and Flash. Learning to apply CSS is the HTML Web-designer's next developmental step toward professional and stable Web design. A prerequisite to learning higher-level languages like Javascript, Java, and Flash, CSS is gaining increasing support among major browsers, including Netscape, Internet Explorer, and newcomers Opera, Mozilla and NeoPlanet. The key to successful CSS implementation is in understanding how different browsers use and interpret CSS. This tutorial takes the unique position of teaching the reader how to make smart decisions about how and when to apply CSS, based on browser support and intended effects. In 24 straightforward, hourly lessons, the reader learns by accomplishing hands-on tasks that can be applied to his own site in every hour.

Kynn Bartlett has taught thousands the basic principles of good Web design through online courses and his participation in W3C technical working groups, the HTML Writers Guild (president, board member and instructor) and the Web Standards Project education FAQ. Bartlett is a frequent speaker at conferences and provides consulting for businesses and government agencies.