RE: Books on CSS - recommendations please

["Char James-Tanny" <charjt -at- helpstuff -dot- com>]

Hi, Ant :-) 

> I don't doubt this has been covered before, but I can't find 
> it in the archive...
> 
> I need to learn how to use CSS quickly (next two weeks); 
> including, perhaps in the slightly longer-term, the newest 
> functionality and all the good stuff that they can now 
> achieve with layout.
> 
> Does anybody have any recommendations for a good book on the subject? 
> I'm in the UK, so anything that's available locally, rather 
> than having to wait for Amazon to deliver across the pond 
> would be great.

I think that the best books on the subject are by Eric Meyer
(http://www.meyerweb.com) and Jeffrey Zeldman (http://www.zeldman.com).
"More Eric Meyer on CSS" covers the layout stuff, and includes information
on how to convert existing designs (such as those using tables) to all
CSS-layouts. Zeldman's "designing with web standards" is also a pretty
decent reference. (I know that Zeldman's is available through Amazon UK, but
I'm not sure about Meyer's.)

Until the books arrive, you can use the different tutorials, etc. at
W3Schools (http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp), and check out the NYPL
online Style Guide (http://www.nypl.org/styleguide/), written by Carrie
Bickner and Jeffrey Zeldman. Even though it was written for the New York
Public Library, the information can be used by anyone.

Char James-Tanny ~ JTF Associates, Inc. ~ http://www.helpstuff.com
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