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rozwado1 · May 7, 2004, 07:21 PM

How the hell did Adam Betts do that on his page?

I need book that goes from newb to pro because that is my intended path. I work well with visual examples rather than just text, but I'm not looking for a picture book. I'd run up to Borders and buy something off the shelf, but I'd rather ask the pros first. Any suggestions? Nick

selowitch · May 12, 2004, 12:20 PM

In terms of CSS books, anything by Eric Meyer and/or Molly Holtzschlag is good.

fc_ · May 12, 2004, 01:21 PM

Personally, I found DHTML and CSS for the world wide web by Jason Teague to be a good reference.

registered_user · May 12, 2004, 02:38 PM

Originally posted by fc_:
Personally, I found DHTML and CSS for the world wide web by Jason Teague to be a good reference.

ditto.

ps, I think that site you linked to is down, because the server name and ip is not that intersting.

Sage · May 12, 2004, 07:54 PM

I learned from Elizabeth Castro's HTML for the World Wide Web, 5th Edition, with XHTML and CSS. Dreadfully long title, but it's put together so well (pictures with concise and to-the-point descriptions), it's inexpensive ($22), and it's the only XHTML/CSS book I have ever used. Also, it was published in '03, so it's fairly up to date... off the top of my head, the only CSS2 spec it doesn't cover are text-shadows.

rozwado1 · May 15, 2004, 09:18 AM

Thanks alot for the recommendations. I picked up Designing CSS Web Pages and learned the basics. I have the Jason Teague book on order and I'm also using Eric Meyer's website as a reference. Although my new site is MoveableType-based, I actually understand the CSS language now and am working on the page design as we speak. Check my sig.