Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Facebook for Dummies

Ready to get active on Facebook but no clue where to start? This bestselling guide gets you started!
Facebook has undergone a number of changes over the years and it is difficult to keep up with everything that it has to offer. This edition of the popular "For Dummies" guide to Facebook covers the latest updates and guides new users into the Facebook experience quickly and easily. It looks at the redesigned home and profile pages, new filters that improve security, new photo options, expanded mobile connection options, and updates to popular Facebook apps. You will also learn how to use the new messaging system that serves as a hub for on-site messages and outside messaging, including e-mail.This book has been fully updated to help new users take full advantage of everything Facebook offers and all the upgrades. Covers Facebook's redesigned home and profile pages, new security features including creating groups as filters, a new photo viewer and tagging options, and more.  Explains the expanded mobile connection options and the new messaging system that serves as a hub for on-site messages, e-mail, and other outside messaging. Updates all the changes to existing Facebook apps. Helps Facebook newcomers get up to speed and use the site safely and confidently.
This fun and friendly book is the resource you need to get the most from your Facebook experience.  (Check Catalog)

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

CSS Cookbook

What people are saying about "CSS Cookbook"
"Christopher's fantastic cookbook will give you solutions to pretty much all of the CSS problems you'll come up against in your day-to-day web design work, saving you bags of time and frustration. This guy is one of the industry's brightest minds -- he really knows his stuff."
--Chris Mills, Opera Software
Learn how to solve the "real" problems you face with CSS. This cookbook offers hundreds of practical examples for using CSS to format your web pages, and includes code samples you can use right away. You'll find exactly what you need, from the basics to complex hacks and workarounds.
Each recipe explains how to customize a solution to meet your needs, and each chapter features a sample design that showcases the topics discussed. You'll learn about the behavior of the latest browsers-including IE 8, Firefox 3, Safari 4, and Google Chrome-and how you can resolve differences in the ways they display your web pages. Arranged in a convenient format for quick reference, this third edition is a valuable companion for anyone working with CSS.Learn the basics, such as the CSS rule structure Work with web typography and page layout Create effects for images and other page elements Learn techniques for configuring lists, forms, and tables Design effective web navigation and create custom links.  Get creative by combining CSS with JavaScript. Learn useful troubleshooting techniques.  Explore features of HTML5 and CSS3  (Check Catalog)

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Wireless Home Networking for Dummies

The perennial bestseller shows you how share your files and Internet connection across a wireless network.
Fully updated for Windows 7 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard, this new edition of this bestseller returns with all the latest in wireless standards and security. This fun and friendly guide shows you how to integrate your iPhone, iPod touch, smartphone, or gaming system into your home network. Veteran authors escort you through the various financial and logistical considerations that you need to take into account before building a wireless network at home.Covers the basics of planning, installing, and using wireless LANs. Reviews essential information on the latest security issues. Delivers valuable tips on how to stay current with fast-moving technology.  Discusses how to share resources such as printers, scanners, an Internet connection, files, and more with multiple computers on one network
"Wireless Home Networking For Dummies, 4th Edition" skips the technical jargon and gets you connected with need-to-know information on building a wireless home network. (Check Catalog)

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Teach Yourself Visually Photoshop Elements 9 ( Teach Yourself Visually )

Learn to use the bestselling photo editing software the visual way!
Photoshop Elements offers professional-quality photo editing tools in a reasonably priced software package with user-friendly features. This book shows you how to use those features, with easy, step-by-step instructions illustrated with full-color screen shots. If you prefer to learn by seeing how things are done, this is the book you need to get up and running with the newest version of Photoshop Elements.Photoshop Elements offers hobbyists as well as professional photographers top-quality image editing tools at a reasonable price; previous editions of this visual guide to the software have sold more than 85,000 copies. Designed for visual learners, this book explains dozens of common tasks with step-by-step instructions and full-color screen shots. Covers importing photos from cameras and scanners, retouching and repair, compositing, enhancing, changing print size and resolution, editing images for the Web, creating online photo galleries, incorporating graphics into desktop publishing projects, and much more.
With "Teach Yourself VISUALLY Photoshop Elements," you will see how things are done and quickly learn to edit and enhance your digital images like a pro.  (Check Catalog)

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

C# 4.0 Unleashed ( Unleashed )

C# 4.0 Unleashed is a practical reference focusing on the C# language and the .NET platform as a whole. While covering the language in lots of detail, it also provides enough coverage of various popular .NET technologies and techniques (such as debugging) for the reader to be successful on the .NET platform. The in-depth coverage of the language features is crucial to the success of a developer. Knowing exactly where and why to use certain language features can boost efficiency significantly. This book differs from other works by going into enough depth on how things work, while not being a clone of the formal language specification. Concise anecdotes with concrete samples illustrate how certain language features behave, and also point out possible caveats in using them. On the side of platform coverage, the author provides a gentle introduction to the wide landscape of the .NET platform, following a logical structure that reflects the high-level architecture of an application: presentation, logic, data, connectivity, etc. In the .NET part of the book there's coverage of relevant new technologies such as cloud computing, modeling, and parallel programming - things that will gain much more attention moving forward.

  • Provides valuable insight into the C# language and the .NET Framework - not just "what" but also the "how" and "why" of the language and framework features
  • Covers using C# with new major technologies, such as cloud computing, SharePoint, and ASP.NET MVC
  • Author is Microsoft insider
  • Will be day and date with the release of C# 4.0  (Check Catalog)