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 just came
off the press)
Although the Zeldman book isn't a pure CSS guide it helps anyone
understand the fundamentals of why they work with CSS instead of old
FONT tags.
Hope this helps.
Lee
On 17 Mar 2007, at 05:47, 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).
A number of SitePoint books on CSS seem pretty good - based upon
their sample-chapters download – but before I spend US$40 on one,
has anyone here used them?
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.
Cole
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