Reference material

[SjrH]

Can anyone recommend some good reference material for a beginner using CSS?!
I'm comfortable using dreamweaver & <cringe mode>frontpage</cringe mode> to create basic html table layouts, but need to learn CSS for an upcoming project.

Thanks

 

[Foamcow]

Any O'Reilly book is a safe bet for a pure reference book.

But they tend not to cover the day to day nuances we find when actually USING CSS.

Eric Meyer has produced a few good books too. Although the one I have is more a "cookbook" for techniques and to be honest I've not found it that useful.

I would also reccomend these, not pure CSS books but it's worth understanding web standards to make the best use of CSS.

Jeffrey Zeldman's "Designing with Web Standards"
Dan Cederholm's "Web Standards Solution"


Don't forget the websites too

http://www.alistapart.com

http://www.simplebits.com

http://www.meyerweb.com

http://www.glish.com

http://www.thenoodleincident.com

http://www.tantek.com

(can't remember the URL of Tantek's other site)

there are tons... visiting those sites above and following links within them (from articles, contributors etc) will normally lead you to some good stuff.

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[SjrH]

Thanks for the info Foamcow

I'll take a look at your suggestions. I've been using the macromedia walk throughs to date which are ok, but some of the info goes right over my head!