Learning CSS? 2121 Responses

Last post: 4 days, 17 hours ago | Thread started: May 8, 08, 10:26 a.m.

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• Groks

  Hey all,

  I'm a graphic designer and have been doing online work for about 10 years now. I've always had other people around to code my work, and though I know the limitations of HTML and how to design within them, I've never really learned how to code my own page.

  It's about time I remedy that. Can any of you suggest a good resource to get me started? I mean from the basics on up. I know A list apart and other resources are great for intermediate skilled coders, but I really need to start with the basics. Preferably in graduated step by step format.

  Any suggestions?

  May 8, 08, 10:26 a.m. – Permalink

• Dancer

  Do you know the structure of HTML?

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 08, 10:28 a.m. – Permalink

• 7point34

  w3schools.com
  http://www.amazon.com/DHTML-Four…

  • there are better books, but i recommend the visual quickstarts especially for visual learners– 7point341/2

    Visual quick start books are good, I would recommend them as well.– JackRyan2/2

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 08, 10:30 a.m. – Permalink

• flashbender

  lynda.com is very good.

  or here are some others you may find useful:
  http://www.cameronmoll.com/archi…

  http://www.cssjuice.com/back-to-…

  http://www.smashingmagazine.com/…

  • +1 smashing has good stuff on it– 7point34

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 08, 10:32 a.m. – Permalink

• vnmbr

  You will soon grow to hate all versions of Internet Explorer when you are troubleshooting your designs.

  • but mostly 6– 7point34

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 08, 10:37 a.m. – Permalink

• vnmbr

  

  • you can also download a pdf version via: http://www.ilovejack…– vnmbr1/4

    good luck Groks :)– vnmbr2/4

    Handy link, vnmbr. Thanks.– blaw3/4

    laminated 2 desk– jysta4/4

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 08, 10:41 a.m. – Permalink

• jaylarson

  CSS Mastery by Andy Budd:
  http://www.cssmastery.com/

  • i'll 2nd this one.– airey1/2

    I'll third this one.– slappy2/2

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 08, 10:49 a.m. – Permalink

• 7point34

  remember css is really simple to learn... its the cross-browser hacks and the javascript fixes that make it complicated... the basics of CSS1 and CSS2 should take you no time at all to pick up. and of course practice makes perfect

  • kind of general. you're probably right though, because he has experience with HTML– Jaline1/2

    Just say no to hacks. There are always other avenues.– welded2/2

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 08, 10:52 a.m. – Permalink

• Jaline

  If you know HTML, it'll be easier. It took me a year or two to learn and I still don't know many things. I still don't remember how I learned HTML and CSS on my own. Pretty sure I didn't know the difference between the two until after I was using them frequently.

  • i used css poorly for years... until i actually read about it and was like "OH" that's how you do it– 7point34

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 08, 10:54 a.m. – Permalink

• Groks

  Thanks guys, lots here to get me started. Really appreciate the input!

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 08, 11:12 a.m. – Permalink

• ismith

  Don't do it!!!

  But if you do, http://www.htmldog.com/

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 08, 11:13 a.m. – Permalink

• 7point34

  i'm bookmarking this thread the next time some miserable cunt gets on here and starts bitching about how everyone on here is too sarcastic and legitimate questions go unanswered...

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 08, 11:13 a.m. – Permalink

• Wolfboy

  Have a look at this site, it is a great jump off point for various types of coding.

  http://www.tizag.com/

  Really good step by step tutorials that open up the code for you to take it on afterwards and do more complex things.

  • actually found this the other day... not bad– 7point34

  

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  Dog-earMay 8, 08, 11:44 a.m. – Permalink

• jimzyk

  so many tutorials, so little time....
  they all seem like good references though! godspeed

  

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  Dog-earMay 11, 08, 6:12 p.m. – Permalink

• slappy

  I had learnt bad habbits from working things out myself so in the end I got work to send me on a CSS course which I found on the adobe site. They are kind of expensive (3 days 1k) but it sorted me out and gave me confidence with my html/css skills. If you want to just get the knowledge quickly with no fuss its a good way to go.

  

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  Dog-earMay 11, 08, 7:55 p.m. – Permalink

• 1pxsolid

  Woah... no one mentioned Dan Cederholm of http://simplebits.com/

  The way he writes his books makes it super easy to pick up the foundations.

  • yep, good call.– airey

  

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  Dog-earMay 11, 08, 8:48 p.m. – Permalink

• airey

  i've been pretty unimpressed with the sitepoint books so i'd recommend against them, as far as best practice css etc. other people may disagree though.

  

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  Dog-earMay 11, 08, 10:37 p.m. – Permalink

• WeLoveNoise

  linda.com tutorials
  it taught me to a good standard and was i'm shit with programming

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 12:50 a.m. – Permalink

• YAYPaul

  Also a good resource.
  http://www.alvit.de/handbook/

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 1:24 a.m. – Permalink

• monoboy

  Don't forget Eric.
  http://meyerweb.com/eric/css/

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 2:13 a.m. – Permalink

• colorcubic

  surprised that no one has mentioned alistapart.com

  • Mentioned in the first post.– monoboy

  

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  Dog-earMay 12, 08, 3:03 a.m. – Permalink