I need a good book for CSS

[redbeth]

I'm trying to learn CSS page layout and I need a good book which explains stuff in English rather than Geek. Since I learn best from examples and tutorials, I've been through all the tutorials on Webmonkey (http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/index.html), which are very good, and I'm ready for the next step. I have Cascading Style Sheets 2.0 by Eric Meyer , which I refer to only as a last resort because it never has examples on the things I really need. So I'm looking for something a bit more designer oriented that will help me do all the really cool stuff.

Thanks!

[duniyadnd]

Check this site

has a testing program.

has examples

has "geek" information (easily explained though)

has css book reviews

http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

Another good place to check out information is the developer site on Microsoft's homepage. They have all the properties listed, and examples as well. The link for that is:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/css/reference/attributes.asp

I don't think you would want to use the above link that much though, but it does have a lot more information, and I presume it gets updated often. Just a tip, try to learn the basics and try to read the "geek" pages on the basics and see how it works, after that, it isn't hard to use the other pages, it all uses the same layout.

Duniyadnd

[boxer_1]

Additionally, you can find some good references here:

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/

Not really laid out in a "Tutorial" format, but gives the specs / values and includes examples of their implimentation :thumbsup: .

As for books, you might find something here:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-9376511-6066328

However, many of these are authored by Eric Meyers (which you mentioned you've already sampled to a degree). Books are nice, but don't sell online resources short. Aside from the links given here, search Google and you'll find a wide variety of different layouts / formats offered to help you design with CSS. They're free so you can afford to hit and miss a little until you find what you're looking for. With a book, once you've bought it you're stuck with it even if it's not what you hoped it would be. With the resources on the net, if you don't like what you see, just click the back button and hit another resource / tutorial.

Finally, just hang around here...:D . You'll see the latest in questions and solutions in actual application. You'll learn about various browser issues and the workarounds for them. Ask some questions, answer a few, and you'll be rockin' with CSS in no time :thumbsup: . Good luck ;).

[codewarrior]

W3 is good for somethings. But Personally I read CSS for Dummies :o and CSS by Example. Learned a lot from both of them! :thumbsup:

[redbeth]

Thanks for the links and the recommendations. I'll have to go to my favorite book store and check out the books, Amazon led me astray with the last one.

The Eric Meyer book I have is the CSS 2.0 Programmer's Reference, so it wouldn't necessarily list examples. I bought it off of Amazon without looking at it. The sales copy led me to beleive that it "Shows how to effectively design and deploy CSS, covering all of its properties and values, including aural media styles."

I'm glad I have it for the spec reference, and maybe once I'm fluent in CSS it will show me how to do some of the more advanced techniques.