RE: [WSG] Teaching CSS

2007-03-19 Thread michael.brockington
Can I just mention, that if you can possibly find the time, then _do_ try and teach things to your colleague; nothing else is as good for ironing out any issues in your own knowledge as having someone else saying "but why?" This may sound daft, but trust me, it always works for me. Mike **

Re: [WSG] Teaching CSS

2007-03-18 Thread Jermayn Parker
I have just brought the 101 tricks and tips guide by SitePoint and have read the sample chapters. I also got a free css cheat sheet which could be handy. I have not yet read or looked at the other books mentioned. A number of SitePoint books on CSS seem pretty good - based upon their sample-c

RE: [WSG] Teaching CSS

2007-03-17 Thread Kevin Lennon
quot;Hacks" including the box model hack from IE5 Kevin J. Lennon Lake Area Webs http://www.lakeareawebs.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lee Powell Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 11:27 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Su

Re: [WSG] Teaching CSS

2007-03-17 Thread Lee Powell
Hi I agree with all the comments made so far. The book(s) that helped me the most get my head around CSS and it's applied techniques were: Web Standards Solutions: Dan Cederholm CSS Mastery, Advanced Web Standard Solutions: Andy Budd Designing With Web Standards: Jeffrey Zeldman (new version

RE: [WSG] Teaching CSS

2007-03-17 Thread Bob Boisvert
Cole, I'm not sure that we can all fully understand CSS especially with browser technology changing but here are some books that have helped me. Like you, I haven't had the time to truly dig into it. CSS Mastery by Andy BuddISBN 1-59059-614-5 Site Point "HTML Utopia Designing Without T

Re: [WSG] Teaching CSS

2007-03-17 Thread Matthew Pennell
On 3/17/07, Cole Kuryakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With that lengthy pre-amble, I've got to ask – is there a GREAT book out > there that steps through the learning process of CSS right from the bare > bones that both I and my new artist can use? One book that I've heard great things about

Re: [WSG] Teaching CSS

2007-03-17 Thread Kay Smoljak
On 3/17/07, Cole Kuryakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: With that lengthy pre-amble, I've got to ask – is there a GREAT book out there that steps through the learning process of CSS right from the bare bones that both I and my new artist can use? You're going to get lots of recommendations for gre

Re: [WSG] Teaching CSS

2007-03-17 Thread Tony Crockford
Cole Kuryakin wrote: Besides a book, are there any on-line, step-by-step “foundation to penthouse” curriculum course that anyone knows about and TRUSTS by experience? Thanks to all for weighing through this windy post; and advance appreciation to all who care to comment. I'm guessing, that

Re: [WSG] Teaching CSS

2007-03-16 Thread dwain
Cole Kuryakin wrote: > Hello All – > > > > My background for the past 27 years has been in design. 6 years ago I > realized the (financial) necessity to begin learning web design. 3 years > after that came the next leap into HTML/PHP/CSS. So far, so good – well, > most of the time anyway. > >