[Web4lib] basic explanations of css layout

[Cary Gordon]

I think that CSS Mastery Advanced Wed Standards Solutions is a really  
good book. It is concise and very well organized. I also like Eric  
Meyers' books.

With Firefox I use both the amazing Firebug extension as well as the  
Web Developer extension. I also really like the View Source Chart  
extension. If you want to write JavaScript and AJAXy stuff, Firebug  
is indispensable.

I think that one of the keys to writing good .css is to stay  
organized and keep your code clean. In other words, if you try  
something and it doesn't work, remove that code before you try  
something else, and when you are done, go through and make sure that  
your code has a logical organization, so that you can locate  
directives easily.

Cary Gordon
The Cherry Hill Company
http://www.chillco.com



On Sep 11, 2007, at 5:51 AM, Deb Bergeron wrote:
> Jason,
>
> I've used "CSS The Missing Manual" and "CSS Mastery Advanced Wed  
> Standards Solutions."  "CSS Mastery.." covers your topic more  
> completely than the "Missing Manual...".   Both discuss the impact  
> on IE 5.x and lower browsers.
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Deb


On Sep 11, 2007, at 9:21 AM, Tim McMahon - West Liberty Public  
Library wrote:

> Firebug is also great for tweaking CSS on pages.
> http://www.getfirebug.com
>
> Will Kurt wrote:
>> And while I can't recommend a book (w3schools ftw- http:// 
>> www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp ), I can highly suggest that you  
>> install the Firefox webdevolper extension: http:// 
>> chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/  which is probably the best  
>> tool out there for any web-related work.
>> For learning it's very helpful as it allows you to edit the CSS on  
>> any site and see the changes made in real time (of course this  
>> only effects the version of the style sheet stored in your  
>> cache).  And as your skills advance you'll find it increasingly  
>> more useful (DOM inspector, plus the ability to change form POSTs  
>> to GETs is worth it alone).
>> Hope that helps,
>> Will
>
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