I also like: http://css-tricks.com
lots of good videos and the guy knows his stuff --- On Tue, 1/15/13, Tim Worman <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Tim Worman <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Best way to web 2.0 ? > To: "Ken Anderson" <[email protected]> > Cc: "WebObjects Development" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 1:47 PM > 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/tedpet5%40yahoo.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]
