1. "Eric Meyer on CSS" You can find this book here:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/073571245X/ qid=1071555113/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-5606242-1912942?v=glance&s=books
2. http://www.dezwozhere.com/links.html
This is a page of links for all things CSS. I'm on it all the time. Wow what a resource.
This page took me to the beginning place that I learned it all. Go through this tutorial and you'll be doing exactly what you just asked in a matter of hours:
http://www.wpdfd.com/editorial/basics/index.html (CSS from the ground up) and specifically steps 7 - 9. The chances are you'll now the first few steps already. I did when I went through it, but it was a good refresher and it explains some good typography tips.
I hope these help.
Also read these group discussions everyday and don't be afraid to ask anything on subject. Also listen to Hugh Todd. He knows his stuff. He saved me in a crunch!
Shane Helm
{ sonzeDesignStudio™
On Aug 15, 2004, at 11:39 PM, John Horner wrote:
If I want to find solid building blocks for a table-free layout, where should I start?
I mean, I know there are hundreds of websites, but the recommendations of this group ought to be particularly useful.
The thing is, I want a lot! In terms of the page, I'm simply looking for
* banner * three-column flexible layout for the main content * footer
but I'm hoping that the page doesn't exhibit any strange behaviours when the page gets too small/content gets too bit, like DIVs overlapping each other or disappearing to the bottom of the page, and I'm even hoping that the layout can be content-first, nav-second in the source.
I was also hoping that the CSS can be relatively straightforward and not consist of 147 nested @import statements full of high-pass/low-pass filters and box model hack code etc.
Am I asking too much? I won't be trying to support Netscape 4, if that helps...
jh
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