The Missing Credits

About the Author

David Sawyer McFarland is president of Sawyer McFarland Media, Inc., a Web development and training company in Portland, Oregon. He's been building Web sites since 1995, when he designed his first Web site: an online magazine for communication professionals. He's served as the Webmaster at the University of California at Berkeley and the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center, and oversaw a complete CSS-driven redesign of Macworld.com.

In addition to building Web sites, David is also a writer, trainer, and instructor. He's taught Web design at UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, the Center for Electronic Art, the Academy of Art College, Ex'Pressions Center for New Media, and Portland State University. He's written articles about the Web for Practical Web Design, MX Developer's Journal, Macworld magazine, and CreativePro.com .

He welcomes feedback about this book by email: [e-mail]. (If you're seeking technical help, however, please refer to the sources listed in Appendix C.)

About the Creative Team

Nan Barber (editor) has worked with the Missing Manual series since its inceptionlong enough to remember booting up her computer from a floppy disk. Email: [e-mail].

Peter Meyers (editor) works as an editor at O'Reilly Media on the Missing Manual series. He lives with his wife in New York City. Email: [e-mail].

Michele Filshie (copy editor) is O'Reilly's assistant editor for Missing Manuals and editor of Don't Get Burned on eBay . Before turning to the world of computer- related books, Michele spent many happy years at Black Sparrow Press. She lives in Sebastopol. Email: [e-mail].

Mark Levitt (tech reviewer) is a Senior Web Producer for O'Reilly Media's Online Publishing Group. His background includes Computer Science, Interactive & Educational Media, and Web Development. He's known to eat cereal at all hours of the day. Email: [e-mail].

Justin Watt (tech reviewer) is currently an author-services engineer for Federated Media Publishing, a blog advertising company based in Sausalito, California. He blogs at justinsomnia.org, where you can read about his adventures in Northern California. Email: [e-mail].

Rose Cassano (cover illustration) has worked as an independent designer and illustrator for 20 years. Assignments have ranged from the nonprofit sector to corporate clientele. She lives in beautiful Southern Oregon, grateful for the miracles of modern technology that make working there a reality. Email: [e-mail]. Web: www.rosecassano.com.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to all those who helped with this book, including my students, who always help me see technical issues through beginners ' eyes. Thanks to my technical editors, Mark Levitt and Justin Watt, who saved me from any embarrassing mistakes, Zoe Gillenwater for her valuable advice, and all of the generous souls on the CSS-Discuss mailing list who share their hard one wisdom about CSS. Also, we all owe a big debt of gratitude to the many Web designers who have broken new ground by using CSS in creative ways, and shared their discoveries with the Web design community.

Finally, thanks to David Pogue whose unflagging enthusiasm and endurance is inspiring ; Nan Barber for refining my writing; Peter Meyers for polishing my prose and keeping me on track; my wife, Scholle, for motivating me to get this project done; and my son, Graham, who doesn't know what I do for a living and doesn't care.

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