As some of you know I am trying to learn XHTML and CSS and it’s very slowly beginning to sink in. I signed up for an Open University Course which I am so far unimpressed with, however I did find this site full of CSS resources mentioned in one of the forums. Holy CSS Zeldman contains a lot of links for CSS tutorials, CSS basics, CSS validators, online tools, CSS layouts and templates, books, accessibility etc etc. What’s good about this site list is that it is well laid out and split into sections making things easy to find.
If like me you are trying to learn a bit more about web design and CSS or are just trying to solve a problem with one of your designs you would probably find a suitable link to help you with your coding.
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I’m working on a little site you might like… Keep your eyes peeled. ^_^
Hi Rachael – Looking forward to seeing it, let me know when it’s up and running.
Thanks for this resource. I’m in the exact same boat as you right now… I hope this helps me.
Hi Rachel – we’ll have to swap good sites if we find any. I thought the HTML an CSS courses at http://www.online-learning.com were pretty good to get started on the basics.
Don’t forget w3schools.com. Even though it’s not owned / run by the w3c, it’s an awesome place to learn. Their examples aren’t the best though, unfortunately.
Ooo!! Another great css website is CSS Zen Garden.
“A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design”
The site lists different ways to show the same code… the only thing that has changed is the external .css file!
Some are really beautiful!
I was in a similar position to you guys last year when asked to redesign the site for the company I work for. I had no experience at all doing this but jumped in the deep end and at the time stole myself a victory. A year later and a bundle of sites later I’m back at redesigning my companies site at this year its how far can I swim not am I going to sink.
I would recommend getting a style sheet and a html file and changing some of the code in the css to see the impact it has when you look at the html in a browser. This way you can build up confidence and eventually start coding it from scratch once you understand the syntax.
Try looking at Eric Myers site and CSS Play as they are both very good sites in terms for learning. Also try including some Javascript functions such as drop down menus or even fade in and out effects you get in flash the possibilities with code are endless.
Hope this helped and good luck!
Couple of extra ones for you to try:
Glish: CSS Layout techniques or The Noodle Incident: Little Boxes or CSS Play.
Hi everyone thanks for the suggestions.
Sam – your story is definitely encouraging
Tara
CSS is a steep but worthwhile learning curve, I highly recommend you using it. Once you have mastered it there is no going back to tables based layouts.
Some useful info can be found here:
http://wellstyled.com/archive.html
Hi tara.
I’ve been reading your posts through subscriptions since i started blogging. That’s exactly in july! A late entrant!
And at the same time I dived into the world of web design. Like you I’ve been searching for good resources on web design, particularly CSS.
Since then I had visited many sites and I too have a collection of good resourceful sites. Check them out on my second blog grafic7template.blogspot.com. Some of them are suggested by Loopy, Rachael and Sam here.
Hope you’ll find them useful.
Hi Tara! I’m now starting to learn more about design on my own and I just can’t leave your blog! I’ve been opening tabs for days!
I think you’d like to know I got to your site as a recommendation of one of my Lab Web teachers.
I would also like to add (I don’t know if it has already been said, as I haven’t been able to read everything!) that you don’t have to worry about the code. Even programmers rely on programs to do some of the code for them. Nowadays, programs have commands to almost anything you once only did through code.
Well, at least that’s what I heard.
I’ll keep on visiting, keep on posting =p
Hi MC
Thanks for reading, its flattering to think one of your teachers pointed you here.