CSS Cookbook, 2nd Edition

Appendix A. Resources

When working with Cascading Style Sheets, keep these two tips in mind: simplify and verify. Simplify by using only the selectors and properties you believe you need; any extras could cause some confusion down the road. Then verify the HTML, XHTML, and CSS with the help of validators.

Those two steps solve most problems developers encounter when working with CSS. However, if you still run into trouble, this appendix contains some of the top references, discussion groups, and tools on the Internet to help in your CSS development.

General HTML and CSS Instruction

Dave Shea’s Roadmap to Standards Essay

http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/04/30/a_roadmap_to/index.php

A good introduction and pep talk for web designers wanting to learn about web standards–based development.

Web Page for Designers’ CSS Tutorial

http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/basics/index.html

Web developers new to CSS will find benefit from this well-paced tutorial.

Community MX’s Basics of CSS Positioning

http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=3B56F&print=true

For more information about positioning with CSS, try Community MX’s tutorial.

CSS Float Property Tutorial

http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/index.htm

Learn about floating elements with CSS in various practice coding examples.

CSS Selectors Tutorial

http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/index.htm

Gain a better understanding of CSS selectors with this tutorial. Included is a demonstration of how selectors can be used in the ...