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CSS layout tutorial suggestions

Justin C

2004-05-14, 12:15 am

I'm looking for somewhere I can learn about .css layout, I'm still using
tables and I see from this NG it is a no-no so it's time to mend a
couple of sites I maintain.

I know I could go to w3.org but the technical specs make very dry
reading, I'm hoping someone can point me at some basic, introduction
info so I can get an idea before I have to trawl the tech specs for the
finer points.

The .css equivalent of everyone's first C program:

#include <stdio.h>

main() {
printf("hello, world\n");
}

is the sort of thing I'm after.

Thanks for any suggestions.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

Beauregard T. Shagnasty

2004-05-14, 12:15 am

Quoth the raven Justin C:

> I'm looking for somewhere I can learn about .css layout, I'm still
> using tables and I see from this NG it is a no-no so it's time to
> mend a couple of sites I maintain.

Forward thinking, there...

> I know I could go to w3.org but the technical specs make very dry
> reading, I'm hoping someone can point me at some basic,
> introduction info so I can get an idea before I have to trawl the
> tech specs for the finer points.

Since we don't know your skill level, this is probably a good starting
place:
http://htmldog.com/guides/cssbeginner/ or
http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

If you want to examine a bunch of templates:
http://nemesis1.f2o.org/templates.php

> The .css equivalent of everyone's first C program:

CSS isn't a programming language...

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Justin C

2004-05-14, 12:15 am

On Mon, 10 May 2004 12:50:51 GMT, Beauregard T. Shagnasty
<a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote:
> Quoth the raven Justin C:
>
>
> Forward thinking, there...
>
I'm not going to ask for a critique when I know it's already wrong. I'll
fix what I know to be a fault you would all find then wait and see what
else is wrong!

>
> Since we don't know your skill level, this is probably a good starting
> place:
> http://htmldog.com/guides/cssbeginner/ or
> http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
>
> If you want to examine a bunch of templates:
> http://nemesis1.f2o.org/templates.php

Thanks for those... PHP <shudder> I really should learn it, work's site
would be so much easier to maintain if I could leave it in the hands of
a decent script.
>
[color=darkred]
>
> CSS isn't a programming language...

Oh I know that, I was just trying to get an idea across; I could equally
have used:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 3.0//EN">
<html>
<body>
<h1>My First HTML
</h1>
<p>Hello world.
<body>
</html>

but I thought my C would be shorter... actually it was a cut and paste
from my Beginners C Programming course.

The problem with looking at the work of others as examples is often the
site is large and therefore the code is busy and it's not always easy to
see what has been done, the above links look likely candidates to show
what I want.

Thanks again for the reply.

--
Justin C, by the sea.

2004-05-14, 12:15 am

Justin C wrote:

>
> I'm looking for somewhere I can learn about .css layout, I'm still using
> tables and I see from this NG it is a no-no so it's time to mend a
> couple of sites I maintain.
>
> I know I could go to w3.org but the technical specs make very dry
> reading, I'm hoping someone can point me at some basic, introduction
> info so I can get an idea before I have to trawl the tech specs for the
> finer points.
>
> The .css equivalent of everyone's first C program:
>
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> main() {
> printf("hello, world\n");
> }
>
> is the sort of thing I'm after.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions.
>

To supplement any books you have,
download some of the templates from
http://www.realworldstyle.com/
and change the css, one item at a time,
to see what happens.

It's hard to imagine how things work
together until you actually play with
them.

Disco Octopus

2004-05-14, 12:15 am

Justin C typed:

> Oh I know that, I was just trying to get an idea across; I could
> equally have used:
>
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//IETF//DTD HTML 3.0//EN">
> <html>
> <body>
> <h1>My First HTML
> </h1>
> <p>Hello world.
> <body>
> </html>

this may be something to start with...

http://mycoolfish.com/t/helloworld.html

Justin C

2004-05-14, 12:15 am

On Wed, 12 May 2004 22:42:23 +1000, Disco Octopus
<discooctopus@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Justin C typed:
>
>
> this may be something to start with...
>
> http://mycoolfish.com/t/helloworld.html

Thanks for all the replies, lots of useful stuff. When I'm done I'll
post for a critique (then I'll hide under my desk until the furore has
died down).

--
Justin C, by the sea.