CSS From the Ground Up

jsin writes "Web Page Design for Designers is a great source for anyone who is looking for a non-programmer-centric view on web page design and development. Starting in his most recent issue, Joe Gillespie describes CSS from an absolute beginners perspective. Even though I've been building commercial sites for years, the article is an excellent way to review the basics in the context of endless changes in standards and practices."

Comments

Re:I have the opposite problem.

[elmegil]

Maybe The Non-Designer's Design Book? 'Course, it doesn't deal with color.... You might also try Don't Make Me Think.

Re:I have the opposite problem.

[aWalrus]

Regarding color: Try a little Color Theory and when you want to make a color scheme that works, go to the Color scheme generator.

Apart from that, anything on the "Resources" section of my links page will help you out.

Re:I've found

[dwoolridge]

Have you seen this?

Re:I have the opposite problem.

[christopherfinke]

What sources are out there for people like me? Technical people who need a little help making artistic choices.

I had always been horrible at picking out color schemes for sites until I discovered this site. That's right, a fabric/thread/crafts site.

What I have found works quite well is to find a color you want to theme your site around (pine green, for example) and go to that thread's color family page. Voila! A group of colors that complement your color, and the hex codes for the colors are in the source code.

Also, another great tool is the color schemer. There used to be an online version, but I can't find it anymore.

Example of CSS design

[fredrikj]

For an example of how powerful CSS can be when used correctly, check out CSS Zen Garden.

Don't reinvent the wheel!

[driptray]

There's literally millions of web sites out there. Find one with a colour scheme you like, view the source, and copy the colours!

helpful CSS intro

[hankaholic]

One site that I've found useful as an introduction is Mulder's Stylesheets Tutorial. It's presented quite well, and covers enough to give you a good idea of what can be done easily with CSS.

I'd go on more about it, but if you're looking for a good tutorial, you'll probably try every link you see in this story's comments. If you're not looking for a tutorial, there's no point in me wasting my time describing it.

That and it's time to poop. Bye!