I was wonding if anyone could point me to a good CSS tutorial, inexpensive book, etc. I'm still learning all this web stuff. I actually LIKE teaching myself and think it's the best way for me to learn ... I remember it longer. 
(It's the only way I ever learned anything useful about html too.)
Anyway ... a good reference for those that want to learn the ins and outs of CSS would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.i just took a look at a few tutorials on the internet to learn most of the basics. there's a nice reference thing at msdn.microsoft.com/library under web development. that's quite useful although you'll want to check that what you're using is not just a microsoft only thing. basically i would recommend just playing with different attributes and seeing what happens.
Hi -
"HTML for the World Wide Web" - 5th edit. by E. Castro is
a great place to start. $21 or so and covers: (x)html, CSS,
a bit of javascript, how to do forms with cgi/perl, etc.
In particular, the 'whys and hows' of the Cascade are well-
written. You won't find too much but the basics when it
comes to browser bugs, however. [Site Point Forums for that!]
It's a great reference...
have fun,
ElHey Sarge,
This tutorial is what I felt got me off to the best basic understanding.
Its changed a little since I first used it, but WestCiv always shows up on the sites recommended by the gurus. . .
westciv tutorial (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://westciv.com/style_master/academy/hands_on_tutorial/index.html">http://westciv.com/style_master/academy ... index.html</a><!-- m -->)
Hope that helps,
IanW3Schools (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp">http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp</a><!-- m -->) goes more in depth about each property and how to use it instead of overall understanding. But that's where I mostly learned. There, and the CSS 2.1 Specification (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21">http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21</a><!-- m -->) and the HTML 4.01 Specification (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/HTML401">http://www.w3.org/TR/HTML401</a><!-- m -->) because having valid, semantic markup makes styling much easier and consistant.LJK, thanks. I already have that one. It's a good one and I'm still learning from it but I would like a slightly different approach just to compare.russell, ffurnai, MstrBob,
Thank you three also. Those ought to keep me busy for a while.
Dear Old Sarge,
Originally posted by The Old Sarge
I was wonding if anyone could point me to a good CSS tutorial, inexpensive book, etc. I'm still learning all this web stuff. I actually LIKE teaching myself and think it's the best way for me to learn ... I remember it longer. (It's the only way I ever learned anything useful about html too.)
Anyway ... a good reference for those that want to learn the ins and outs of CSS would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I've just reached a certain stage in my own (very simplistic) ability to build my own web site - it's there; it works; it's valid (W3C Validation Services), and it's very, very simple. I am not, not, not, a programmer. People go nuts when I try to ask questions. But they help me anyway (many of you here have helped me lots!)
But the tutorials on CSS I found the easiest were those at MaxDesign in Sydney, Australia (I think that's right).
There were three I used a lot; they were:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/introduction.htm">http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutoria ... uction.htm</a><!-- m -->
and also the LisTutorials and SelecTutorials; the latter, I don't really understand that well; my mind doesn't track that way, but it's the one I still need most.
I skimmed through the other replies to you; some good suggestions there.
Good luck with it!
Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:40:21 (PST)
(It's the only way I ever learned anything useful about html too.)Anyway ... a good reference for those that want to learn the ins and outs of CSS would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.i just took a look at a few tutorials on the internet to learn most of the basics. there's a nice reference thing at msdn.microsoft.com/library under web development. that's quite useful although you'll want to check that what you're using is not just a microsoft only thing. basically i would recommend just playing with different attributes and seeing what happens.
Hi -"HTML for the World Wide Web" - 5th edit. by E. Castro is
a great place to start. $21 or so and covers: (x)html, CSS,
a bit of javascript, how to do forms with cgi/perl, etc.
In particular, the 'whys and hows' of the Cascade are well-
written. You won't find too much but the basics when it
comes to browser bugs, however. [Site Point Forums for that!]
It's a great reference...
have fun,
ElHey Sarge,
This tutorial is what I felt got me off to the best basic understanding.
Its changed a little since I first used it, but WestCiv always shows up on the sites recommended by the gurus. . .
westciv tutorial (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://westciv.com/style_master/academy/hands_on_tutorial/index.html">http://westciv.com/style_master/academy ... index.html</a><!-- m -->)
Hope that helps,
IanW3Schools (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp">http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp</a><!-- m -->) goes more in depth about each property and how to use it instead of overall understanding. But that's where I mostly learned. There, and the CSS 2.1 Specification (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21">http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21</a><!-- m -->) and the HTML 4.01 Specification (<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.w3.org/TR/HTML401">http://www.w3.org/TR/HTML401</a><!-- m -->) because having valid, semantic markup makes styling much easier and consistant.LJK, thanks. I already have that one. It's a good one and I'm still learning from it but I would like a slightly different approach just to compare.russell, ffurnai, MstrBob,
Thank you three also. Those ought to keep me busy for a while.
Dear Old Sarge,Originally posted by The Old Sarge
I was wonding if anyone could point me to a good CSS tutorial, inexpensive book, etc. I'm still learning all this web stuff. I actually LIKE teaching myself and think it's the best way for me to learn ... I remember it longer.
(It's the only way I ever learned anything useful about html too.)Anyway ... a good reference for those that want to learn the ins and outs of CSS would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
I've just reached a certain stage in my own (very simplistic) ability to build my own web site - it's there; it works; it's valid (W3C Validation Services), and it's very, very simple. I am not, not, not, a programmer. People go nuts when I try to ask questions. But they help me anyway (many of you here have helped me lots!)
But the tutorials on CSS I found the easiest were those at MaxDesign in Sydney, Australia (I think that's right).
There were three I used a lot; they were:
<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/introduction.htm">http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutoria ... uction.htm</a><!-- m -->
and also the LisTutorials and SelecTutorials; the latter, I don't really understand that well; my mind doesn't track that way, but it's the one I still need most.
I skimmed through the other replies to you; some good suggestions there.
Good luck with it!
Fri, 25 Mar 2005 01:40:21 (PST)