CSS

Nikki Valentine Odens

Can anyone recommend an amazing book for CSS beginners??

Thank you so much!

Josh Fischer

Hi Nikki,

Not sure if you are still looking for a good CSS resource, but I'll post this info anyway.

Here is a great intro online - http://www.w3schools.com/css/ W3Schools is a good place to start when learning new languages.

I thought this book was a pretty - http://www.sitepoint.com/books/cssant3/

And though I haven't read this one, I've heard very good reviews for it -http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590596145

Also, if you are more of a visual learner I highly suggest Lynda.com. They have some great tutorials on CSS...sometimes it's just easier to learn something if you listen to someone talk about it rather than reading something.

Hope that helps!

Josh

Brian Mucha

Josh Fischer:

Hi Nikki,

Not sure if you are still looking for a good CSS resource, but I'll post this info anyway.

Here is a great intro online - http://www.w3schools.com/css/ W3Schools is a good place to start when learning new languages.

I thought this book was a pretty - http://www.sitepoint.com/books/cssant3/

And though I haven't read this one, I've heard very good reviews for it -http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590596145

Also, if you are more of a visual learner I highly suggest Lynda.com. They have some great tutorials on CSS...sometimes it's just easier to learn something if you listen to someone talk about it rather than reading something.

Hope that helps!

Josh

The Web Developer plug in for Firefox has some cool tools for CSS. It allows you to see the css that is being applied to any element you click on in a web page. You can also EDIT the css for a live page (just for you of course) to see what your changes would do.

That one is handy. What happens if you change 'clear: left' to 'clear: both'? Try it out instantly, without having to edit the CSS and upload to your server.

It also has an easy way to have both your html and css validated (checked for errors) with W3C.

(Plus about 2000 other cool things.)

Regards, Brian

Nikki Valentine Odens

Brian Mucha:

The Web Developer plug in for Firefox has some cool tools for CSS. It allows you to see the css that is being applied to any element you click on in a web page. You can also EDIT the css for a live page (just for you of course) to see what your changes would do.

That one is handy. What happens if you change 'clear: left' to 'clear: both'? Try it out instantly, without having to edit the CSS and upload to your server.

It also has an easy way to have both your html and css validated (checked for errors) with W3C.

(Plus about 2000 other cool things.)

Regards, Brian

Thanks all for the helpful tips!!

Very much appreciate it.

- Nikki

Peter Kaizer

Nikki Valentine Odens:

Thanks all for the helpful tips!!

Very much appreciate it.

- Nikki

Nikki,

You also might want to check out A List Apart which is the best site out there for folks who build websites.

Also Hand Crafted CSS is a great book!

Hope this helps!

PK