Best website tutorials/books for CSS?

Jenna · September 22nd, 2004, 10:47 PM

Hello everyone. I have been asked to be involved in a major website project which is going to be set up using CSS. I am not very familiar with this type of coding as I have used only HTML in the past. Can anyone assist me in explaining the difference between HTML and CSS, how one is better than the other and what are the best tutorial websites or books out there today? I need this information rather quickly so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

**darkzeroman** · September 22nd, 2004, 10:56 PM

both have their own advantages and disadvantages....almost any good html book has CSS included it. I use the following book

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/IS...077839-1216168

**pvera** · September 22nd, 2004, 11:01 PM

The short answer is that CSS allows you to control the look and feel of your HTML without having to mess with the HTML itself. You make a "stylesheet" that tells the browser how to render each HTML tag, then you use a one-line command in the head of your HTML document so the browser knows where the stylesheet is located. Because all these styles are kepy in a separate file, you can dramatically change the look and feel of a website just by switching the stylesheet, leaving everything else untouched.

A very extreme example of all the amazing things you can do with CSS is CSS Zen Garden. The official page for the CSS standard is at the WWW Consortium. If you would like to test your stylesheet to see if it sticks to the standard, then you can try the CSS validator at the WWW Consortium.

theward · September 23rd, 2004, 4:16 PM

Try reading Designing with Web Standards by Jeffrey Zeldman (book)... A few years now in print, and it's still at the top of it's game.

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Jenna Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Dec 2003 60 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Best website tutorials/books for CSS? Hello everyone. I have been asked to be involved in a major website project which is going to be set up using CSS. I am not very familiar with this type of coding as I have used only HTML in the past. Can anyone assist me in explaining the difference between HTML and CSS, how one is better than the other and what are the best tutorial websites or books out there today? I need this information rather quickly so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance! __________________ ~Jenna Mulder-in-Jeopardy Server: Viva The Shannara Project - In Memory of Laurie D. Haynes Server: Viva (Under Construction) After-The-Fact Server: Nifty Jenna's House of X-Files Fic Server: Pipe Polly's Palace of X-Files Fic Server: Mac

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darkzeroman Surpass Fan On a golden path... Joined in Jul 2004 372 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	both have their own advantages and disadvantages....almost any good html book has CSS included it. I use the following book http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/IS...077839-1216168 __________________ "I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known” ~~Nick, Great Gatsby --- Don't ever argue with idiots. They drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

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pvera Caffeine fiend Comfy Contributor Joined in Aug 2004 Lives in Reston, Virginia Hosted on pass15 270 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	The short answer is that CSS allows you to control the look and feel of your HTML without having to mess with the HTML itself. You make a "stylesheet" that tells the browser how to render each HTML tag, then you use a one-line command in the head of your HTML document so the browser knows where the stylesheet is located. Because all these styles are kepy in a separate file, you can dramatically change the look and feel of a website just by switching the stylesheet, leaving everything else untouched. A very extreme example of all the amazing things you can do with CSS is CSS Zen Garden. The official page for the CSS standard is at the WWW Consortium. If you would like to test your stylesheet to see if it sticks to the standard, then you can try the CSS validator at the WWW Consortium. __________________ Pedro Blog: http://veraperez.com Reseller: http://veraperez.net GPG/PGP Key: http://veraperez.com/public.asc

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theward Registered User Seasoned Poster Joined in Nov 2003 Lives in Harrisonburg, VA Hosted on Viva 90 posts Gave thanks: 0 Thanked 0 times	Try reading Designing with Web Standards by Jeffrey Zeldman (book)... A few years now in print, and it's still at the top of it's game. __________________ Ryan Christie ryan.christie-[at]-gmail.com Get yourself some Firefox foo! :p

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