Hi Taco, Don't give up on it - once it clicks, you'll never taint your code with layout tables again!
The following isn't really structured, more a collection of statements: Don't attempt to force the CSS into recreating the restrictive confines of a table layout. CSS layouts do require a fundamental change in thinking, but the freedom you have is incredible. Cross-platform / cross-browser support is exceptional for practically all the things you need to do. It's good for most things you want to do, and then there's the fun in pushing the boundaries for things you'd like to do. As with anything, proficiency comes with experience. You have a tremendous wealth of information available to shortcut your learning. You don't need to jump straight in at CSS Zen Garden level (where all the designers have probably been working with CSS for a few years now). My first intro was Rob Chandanais' Layout Reservoir at http://www.bluerobot.com/ Consider building a few dummy sites to test out things, rather than feeling pressured with client deadlines looming over you. Now, not to fob you off or suggest the wise words of a bunch of losers who have nothing better to do on their weekend than work aren't helpful... but have you seen the css-discuss Wiki? http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ And I think Russ' tutorials are fantastic: http://css.maxdesign.com.au/ Anyway, I've got to get back to work :) Cheers, Ben -----Original Message----- > > Can I just add, I was convinced, but now back to where I originally > > stood, that is, I believe there are to many hacks that need to be > > applied to get the layout as you want it. > > I might give the total CSS layout a rest for a while again ;-(( ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ *****************************************************
