Posted by Chris F.A. Johnson on 10/21/07 21:29

On 2007-10-21, Brian Robertson wrote:
....
> The other problem I have - time based again - is that I learn something
> and then it is so long before I get to use it that I have forgotten it
> again!

Find a good online tutorial (Jukka mentioned one good test for
quality). Skim it quickly. Do the same for the CCS2.1 specs.
Remember what can be done, rather than how to do it.

Bookmark the specs, so that you can quickly look up the correct
way to use specific CSS features.

Look at a few good websites. Check that they are valid HTML and
CSS, and that they work in various browsers and at different font
and window sizes. Examine the HTML and CSS.

Most importantly, write some pages yourself. Try different things.
Start with simple pages: e.g., take a sample of text (perhaps a
chapter from a book downloaded from Project Gutenberg), and write
the CSS to make it easy to read. Then try adding a menu to other
chapters in a column to the right or left. If there illustrations,
try positioning them in various ways (float:right, etc.).

Always use the least amount of markup possible (both HTML and
CSS).

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Chris F.A. Johnson, webmaster <http://Woodbine-Gerrard.com>
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Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)

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