I'm probably not far beyond you Ken - but I did start across this bridge a couple years ago. With limited time, my approach was to pick a feature that I liked, like drop-down menus, and then just go out and find samples. I used the samples to kinda show me how - break it, fix it. I probably still wouldn't be able to implement a drop-down menu without help, but the process did lead to me learning enough to style a lot of things. I also looked at how Wonder's Ajax Examples were styled and ERModern, etc.
I know this isn't book learnin' but could be the way to go if you're working and studying concurrently. I bookmarked lots of stuff to help me and here's some examples/resources I've regularly gone back to. http://www.webdesignerwall.com/demo/css3-dropdown-menu/css-gradient-dropdown.html http://www.quirksmode.org/css/display.html http://www.barelyfitz.com/screencast/html-training/css/positioning/ http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/perfect-multi-column-liquid-layouts http://tools.westciv.com/gradients/ http://cssbutton.com/forms/ Tim UCLA GSE&IS On Jan 15, 2013, at 7:55 AM, Faizel Dakri <[email protected]> wrote: > For learning CSS, I found the Eric Meyer books most helpful: > > "Eric Meyer on CSS" > "More Eric Meyer on CSS" > > They're a little old now (2002 & 2004), but that means they're pretty cheap > on Amazon now :) and they still give you a pretty good idea of how to > progressively enhance a site to take advantage of CSS. The books are filled > with detailed explanations and plenty of images. > > The approach taken in the books is to incrementally enhance existing sites to > transition from using plain HTML to sites that take full advantage of CSS. > Some of the topics in the first book include dealing with multi-column > layouts, styling input forms, styling a calendar, and taking advantage of > positioning. The second book covers more advanced topics like styling tabs, > drop-down menus, list menus, etc. > > Hope that helps! > > F > > -- > Faizel Dakri > > > > On 2013-Jan-15, at 08:18 AM, Ken Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >> Friends and colleagues, >> >> While I've spent most of my time doing things on the back end (no jokes >> please), it's time I learned a little more about that CSS stuff and >> integrating pretty sites with WO. Any suggestions for good tools, books, >> etc., to make my journey more fruitful? >> >> Thanks for any suggestions! >> >> Ken >> _______________________________________________ >> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >> Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) >> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/listfez%40dakri.com >> >> This email sent to [email protected] > > > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/lists%40thetimmy.com > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-dev mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
