[davecom]

I just started trying a little CSS on my homepage:
www.kopecsoft.com
And I wanted to know if there are any free tools to make it easier to make classes.

Unrelated - how can I check if my host supports J2EE?

[clam2000]

fun site

dreamweaver (free 30 day trial) has some css support

I would highly recommend the o'reilly 'css pocket reference' ($10 dollars for examples and compatibility of just about every css option avalable)

--will

[davecom]

Originally posted by clam2000:
fun site :)

dreamweaver (free 30 day trial) has some css support

I would highly recommend the o'reilly 'css pocket reference' ($10 dollars for examples and compatibility of just about every css option avalable)

--will

But I think I may want to wait till CSS 3 or 2.x comes out before buying a book. Thanks for the reply!

[neoTony]

It will be a good 6-12 months before CSS3 is even partially (more than 50% featureset) supported by Safari or Gecko. MSIE has no hope (they don't even implement a full gamut of CSS2 features). If you can decode the W3C's CSS reference for level 2, that is - in my opinion - your best resource. Compatibility with various browsers is a completely separate issue to a syntax reference (any compatibility reference is likely to be out of date by the time it gets to print).

I'd say if the book has CSS2, go for it!

[Sharky K.]

check out CSSEdit it is very cheap, beautiful OS X application and very easy to learn.

http://macrabbit.com/cssedit/

from website "expect much more in the next real CSSEdit update"

I know we will see cool new stuff in the next update

[Millennium]

Originally posted by davecom:
But I think I may want to wait till CSS 3 or 2.x comes out before buying a book. Thanks for the reply!

2.1 has been out for years. None of the parts of CSS3 are full recommendations yet, and the great thing about CSS is that even when it is updated, your old skills will still carry forward, so your books will still be useful.

[peterthorn]

If you happen to look for a book, I can recommend the css book by Steven Mulder (and his tutorials on www.webmonkey.com too). Even though a bit old, still very useful!

Good luck
Peter

[Mooga2]

Another great read is "Designing with web standards" by Jeffrey Zeldman. Really intuitive book, and unlike most computer books - the content is made interesting to learn. (It doesn't feel like your mind is chewing on a cardboard cereal box).

That's my two pennies. Check it out if you get some time,

- Moo!

[Fellow2000]

I have also heard the Zeldman book highly recomended. I think it is time for me to pick it up and do some reading. You are about the 5th random person I have heard mention it.