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. > > > > I’ve always been a one-man-band, but now I’m finding myself much busier > than I can handle by myself so I’ve had to take on another designer who, > while quite good at his art, has never really been fully and > satisfactorily exposed to the fundamentals of CSS. So, I’ve got to teach > him. And that’s the problem. > > > > While my knowledge of CSS has gotten me through each project, and each > sheet validates, I still consider myself a “learner” as I’ve never had > much time to really, really, really “understand” the box model and other > fundamentals that, lord knows, I SHOULD understand completely by now. > I’ve learned what I know just via various internet sites and through the > help and guidance of wonderful groups like the WSG. > > > > So, I’m at a crossroads… how can I teach something that I don’t feel > 100% competent in? But the clock is ticking; clients are waiting, and my > freelance artist is calling asking “humm, this is breaking… how should I > fix it?” To which I respond … “Ah, humm… let me get back to you on that” > – and a new email flies out to the good folks in this great group for help. > > > > 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? Not theoretical stuff, but > hand-on, simply-put, illustrative? There are a lot of books out there I > know, but I need a great one, that’s very specific about explaining all > the fundamentals of the box model all the way up. I want to complexly > stay away from books that promote or talk about css hacks however (I’ve > been using conditional comments and IE specific sheets to deal with > these problems with 100% success).
css the definitive guide by eric meyer. you can get the book through amazon or o'reilly press or another local book vendor (maybe). hth, dwain ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
