xxxvi intro Our biggest thanks to our chief editor,
Mike Hendrickson , who
made this book happen in every way (other than actually writing it) ,
was there for us the entire journey, and more importantly (the biggest
thing any editor can do) totally trusted us to get it done! Thanks, Mike;
none of our books would have happened without you. You’ve been our
champion for well over a decade and we love you for it!
Of course it takes a village to publish a book, and behind the scenes a
talented and friendly group at O’Reilly made it all happen. Our sincerest
thanks to the whole O’Reilly team: Kristen Borg (production editor
extraordinaire); the brilliant Rachel Monaghan (proofreader); Ron Strauss for his meticulous index; Rebecca Demarest for illustration
help; Karen Montgomery, ace cover designer; and last but definitely
not least, Louise Barr, who always helps our pages look better.
Tech reviewers (second edition)
the review team Acknowledgments (second edition)
Less pink, more HTML & CSS power!
David Powers
Lou Barr
We couldn’t sleep at night without knowing that our high-
powered HTML & CSS reviewer, David Powers, has scoured
this book for inaccuracies. Truth is, so many years had passed
since the first edition that we had to hire a private detective
to locate him (it’s a long story, but he was finally located in his
underground HTML & CSS lair and research lab). Anyway, more
seriously, while all the technical faults in this book sit solely with
the authors (that’s us), we can assure you in every case David
tried to make sure we did things right. Once again, David was
instrumental in the writing of this book.
We’re extremely grateful for everyone on our technical review
team. Joe Konior joined us once again for this edition, along
with Dawn Griffiths (co-author of Head First C), and Shelley Powers (an HTML & CSS “power”house who has been writing
about the Web for years). Once again, you all rock! Your feedback
was amazingly thorough, detailed, and helpful. Thank you.
Mike Hendrickson
Dawn Griffiths
Joe Konior