I have been self dubbed the king of tables. A title I can’t wait to shed. I think tables have their usefulness, can be funtional and I have nothing against them anymore. However, the power which can be found in CSS is far more of an attraction to me. Only one problem: my CSS ability is seriously lacking. Now your thinking, don’t go beating yourself up, and I appreciate the thoughts. Sure I can write some pretty good CSS and sure I can do a mean rewrite of someone elses, but the positioning in CSS is foreign to me.
So I have taken a vow, no more tables! In this quest I have many supporters and friends to lean on. Best of all I have Design Studio Magazine to learn about CSS. I have also found some great CSS websites that I thought I would share.
- Stop Design’s Tableless Presentation - [the best presentation to date]
- Tableless Form - [watch out for the BEE]
- Max Design’s Colored Boxes - [another great full layout presentation]
- W3 Schools CSS2 Reference - [the must have link for CSS Definitions]
- Colly’s CSS Rollover Generator - [a handy tool]
- Web Developers Handbook - [last but certainly not least is one of the best collection of web developers links I have ran across, guard it with your life!]
I hope you benefit from some of my secrets, links, and frustrations. With your help, my friends, and of course my stubbornness I will be 100% CSS in all my future designs!
Till then…
August 27th, 2005 at 12:36 pm
w00t!