Plug-In CSS 100 Power Solutions

March 8, 2011

 

Plug-In CSS 100 Power Solutions

Author: Robin Nixon
ISBN: 9780071748766 / 0071748768
©2011 | 1st Edition | 320 pages | Paperback
Pub Date: FEB-11
Price: US$ 40.00
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100 CSS and HTML power solutions in one handy guide

Plug-in CSS is filled with with ready-to-use CSS and HTML solutions for creating dynamic websites. Save hundreds of hours of programming time! Make your website look great with custom fonts, animated menu systems, individually styled forms, and other effects. This practical guide shows you how to do all of these things and much more using simple style sheet plug-ins.

This practical guide takes you through each example step by step so there’s no need to look up anything elsewhere. Every solution is complete and applicable immediately. The book can be dipped into as required with each chapter being self contained. Plus, you can download all the style sheets and HTML from the book’s companion website.

Plug-in CSS

  • Gives you 100 ready-to-use CSS and HTML solutions
  • Solves a single problem or set of problems in each chapter with the entire solution available
  • Features a companion website with all the book’s ready-to-run examples available for download
  • Covers all the main dynamic features a webmaster needs to accomplish

 

About the Author

Robin Nixon (Kent, UK) is a developer and freelance technical writer who has published more than 500 articles in magazines such as , and PC Answers. He is the author of five computing books, including Plug-In PHP: 100 Power Solutions and Plug-in JavaScript: 100 Power Solutions.

 

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  1. 9780072258950      HTML QuickSteps
  2. 9780071611435       HTML A Beginner’s Guide
  3. 9780071633178      HTML, XHTML & CSS QuickSteps

 

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Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 QuickSteps

May 3, 2010

  

Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 QuickSteps  Microsoft Office Outlook 2010 QuickSteps

 Authors: Matthews, Carole; Matthews, Marty; Sandberg, Bobbi
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-163496-0
ISBN-10: 0071634967
©2010 | 2nd Edition | 256 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: June 2010 
                                       Price: US$ 19.99 
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New in the bestselling QuickSteps series, this full-color guide is the fastest, easiest way to master the collaborative power of the latest release of Outlook

Using lots of full-color graphics while keeping text to a minimum, Microsoft Office Outlook 14 QuickSteps makes it easy for readers to learn how tomaximize Outlook’s communication and collaboration features. Readers can easily find exactly the answers they are looking for without having to read the whole book. The text can be read from beginning to end, or readers can jump in anywhere and find just what they need. In clear, straightforward language, the author shows how to use the more advanced collaborative feature built into the new version of Outlook. Readers will be able to troubleshoot common problems with Outlook’s email and synchronization features. 

Features

  • Provides quick answers to “How do I…?” questions with step-by-step solutions to common problems
  • Introductions and explanatory text are kept to a minimum. Fast steps and lots of full-color illustrations help readers immediately accomplish their goals
  • Oblong trim and oversize format make it easy for the book to lie open at the computer while the user follows along
  • Graphic icons lead readers to useful tips and reminders and warn them away from common pitfalls
  • Sidebars provide valuable information above-and-beyond the task at hand without breaking the flow of the main text
  • With its colorful graphics and easy-to-follow instructions, QuickSteps empowers any computer user to learn the key features of the new operating system
  • Sidebars provide valuable information above-and-beyond the task at hand without breaking the flow of the main text
  • High production values, loads of information, and an ultra-low price make this the best value on the market

 

Easy-to-follow coverage of Outlook 2010

 

  • Receiving and Handling E-Mail
  • Creating and Sending E-Mail
  • Managing Contacts
  • Scheduling and the Calendar
  • Using Task Lists
  • Using a Journal and Making Notes
  • Managing Files and Folders
  • Using Forms, Labels and Mail Merge
  • Using Outlook in Other Ways

 

Review

SciTech Book News, September 2010 issue

Microsoft Outlook is most commonly associated with e-mail. In this recipe book providing step-by-step instructions, tips, and color screenshots to accomplish the most common tasks in Outlook 2010, computer book authors cover its use for e-mail as well as its other functions, e.g., scheduling activities, tracking tasks, managing contacts, using notes, and keeping a journal. They discuss how to use the program’s windows, panes, ribbons, toolbars, and menus, and customize it. (Annotation ©2010 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)

 

 

 

About the Author
 
Marty Matthews (Langley, WA) is the author or coauthor of more than 70 books—including the bestselling Windows XP QuickSteps and its sequel Windows Vista QuickSteps (McGraw-Hill)—as well as co-creator of the QuickSteps series. He specializes in explaining complex topics to beginners. 
 
 

 

  

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Microsoft Office Access 2010 QuickSteps

May 3, 2010

Microsoft Office Access 2010 QuickStepsMicrosoft Office Access 2010 QuickSteps

Authors: Cronan, John
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-163494-6
ISBN-10: 0071634940
©2010 | 2nd Edition | 272 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: June 2010
Price: US$ 19.99
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New in the bestselling QuickSteps series, this full-color guide is the fastest, easiest way to get up and running on the latest release of Microsoft’s powerful database application for home and professional users.

Using lots of full-color graphics while keeping text to a minimum, Microsoft Office Access 14 QuickSteps makes it easy for readers to learn how to use Microsoft’s powerful database program. Readers can easily find exactly the answers they are looking for without having to read the whole book. The essential features of the program are covered, including the Ribbon interface and enhanced collaborative features, and the book shows how to make the most of Access’s improved interoperability with other applications. Readers will learn how to create great-looking reports that incorporate charts, graphics, and other material from programs in the Office suite. Timesaving, troubleshooting, and analysis techniques are also included.

Features

  • The book combines simplified tutorials with ready reference materials, making it like a recipe book for Access users
  • Expository text is kept to a minimum so readers can focus on learning just the steps they need to know to accomplish their goals
  • Full-color graphics and headings throughout keep the materials lively and visually interesting for the reader
  • Graphical icons guide readers to useful tips and reminders, bonus information related to the topic being covered, and warnings about common errors and pitfalls
  • The oversize, oblong trim makes it possible to show graphics and text side by side, and the book lies open so readers can follow along as they type
  • With its colorful graphics and easy-to-follow instructions, QuickSteps empowers any computer user to learn the key features of the new operating system
  • Sidebars provide valuable information above-and-beyond the task at hand without breaking the flow of the main text
  • High production values, loads of information, and an ultra-low price make this the best value on the market

 

Easy-to-follow coverage of Access 2010:

  • Creating a Database
  • Modifying Tables and Fields
  • Working in the Datasheet
  • Retrieving Information
  • Creating Forms and Using Controls
  • Working with Reports
  • Preparing Your Data for Presentation
  • Securing and Administering Access Extending Access

 

About the Author

John Cronan (Everett, WA) has worked with computers for more than 25 years and has written about them for more than a dozen years. In addition to authoring the present work, he has contributed to more than 25 other titles, including Microsoft Office Excel 2007 QuickSteps, Microsoft Office Access 2007 QuickSteps, eBay QuickSteps, Second Edition, and Build an eBay Business QuickSteps, Second Edition

 

Review

1.  September 2010 issue of SciTech Book News, which is published by Book News, Inc.

“The author of other books in Quicksteps series introduces Access as the database addition to the Microsoft Office suite, with the 2010 release including features to make Access more accessible to novice users. This recipe book provides step-by-step instructions, tips and color screenshots to accomplish its most common functions including data collection, organization, and retrieval from tracking household assets to creating custom forms and reports”
(Annotation ©2010 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)”

 

2.  October 2010 issue of Tucson Computer Science eJournal

Founded in 1982, the Tucson Computer Society (TCS) is a group of more than 600 home users, business people, and entrepreneurs who share problems, solutions, ideas, and information about a wide range of personal computer PC hardware and software. To read the review (Page 11-12) , please click HERE



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The Technical Author – Robin Nixon

April 7, 2010

  

Robin NixonRobin Nixon has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s (his first computer was a Tandy TRS 80 Model 1 with a massive 4KB of RAM!). During this time he has written in excess of 500 articles for many of the U.K.’s top computer magazines.

Robin started his computing career in the Cheshire homes for disabled people, where he was responsible for setting up computer rooms in a number of residential homes, and for evaluating and tailoring hardware and software so that disabled people could use the new technology – sometimes by means of only a single switch operated by mouth or finger.

After writing articles for computer magazines about his work with disabled people, he eventually worked full time for one of the country’s main IT magazine publishers, where he held several roles including editorial, promotions, and cover disc editing.

With the dawn of the Internet in the 1990s, Robin branched out into developing websites. One of these presented the world’s first radio station licensed by the music copyright holders, and was featured in several news reports on TV and radio networks in the United Kingdom. In order to enable people to continue to surf while listening, Robin also developed the first known pop-up windows.

Robin lives on the southeast coast of England with his wife Julie, a trained nurse, and five children, where he also finds time to foster three disabled children, as well as working full time from home as a technical author.

 

Robin has contributed an article to “The Daily Tip” section on “IT World,” and Plug-In PHP is one of the featured books on the company’s web site. For a look at the article, please click HERE.

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Plug-In PHP: 100 Power Solutions

March 8, 2010

 

Plug-In PHP

Plug-In PHP: 100 Power Solutions

Authors: Nixon, Robin
ISBN-13: 978-0-07-166659-6
ISBN-10: 0071666591
©2010 | 1st Edition | 384 pages , Softcover
Pub Date: March 2010
Price: US$ 39.99

   

100 PHP power solutions in one handy guide

This practical resource contains 100 ready-to-run PHP plug-ins you can use to create dynamic Web content. The book begins by showing you how to install, configure, and use a powerful web development environment. Then, each chapter in Plug-In PHP offers complete, working examples for specific end results you can achieve right away. In this time-saving tool, all of the code is extensively documented along with tips for adapting it for your own requirements.

Get ready-made PHP plug-ins for:

  • Text processing
  • Image handling
  • Content management
  • Forms and user input
  • Internet integration
  • Chat and messaging
  • MySQL, sessions, and cookies
  • APIs, RSS, and XML
  • JavaScript and Ajax
  • Geo-location
  • Spelling and language translation
  • And much more

Download all of the book’s plug-ins at www.pluginphp.com

   

About the Author

Robin Nixon (UK) is a developer and freelance technical writer who has published more than 500 articles in magazines such as PC Plus, PCW, Web User, .net, PC Advisor, and PC Answers. He is the author of 3 computing books, including the upcoming Learning PHP, MySQL & JavaScript (O’Reilly).

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