CSS is the coolest thing ever :)

[BigToque]

I just did a little online tutorial that showed me how to get started and making layouts with it...

I'm pretty excited to make some new sites now (I haven't made one in like 6 or 7 years)

 

[Modeps]

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Keeping all your style settings in a seperate file which you can change (affecting every page that uses it) is pretty nice!

 

[FrustratedUser]

I thought you meant CS:Source was the coolest thing ever, but I agree CSS seems pretty cool. The HTML code looks cleaner when it's not cluttered up with 'font=.....size... bla bla bla.

 

[Drakkon]

just use dreamweaver mx 2004....does all the css/layering/fancyness for ya

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
just use dreamweaver mx 2004....does all the css/layering/fancyness for ya

Just downloaded the demo and man, it has a steep learning curve.

 

[HeroOfPellinor]

Originally posted by: Drakkon
just use dreamweaver mx 2004....does all the css/layering/fancyness for ya

I wouldn't trust a WYSIWYG editor for anything but static pages.

 

[Kev]

Originally posted by: FrustratedUser

Originally posted by: Drakkon
just use dreamweaver mx 2004....does all the css/layering/fancyness for ya

Just downloaded the demo and man, it has a steep learning curve.

not really, chances are you won't ever use over half the features it has. i know i don't

 

[torpid]

If you have to support browsers that don't fully or properly render some of the basic CSS styles then it ends up being a lot less cool.

 

[Trevelyan]

counter-strike source baby! wooooohooooooooo!

 

[onelin]

it certainly is Have you seen The CSS Zen Garden? It's example use of CSS is so powerful it gets the point across instantly It sure did for me when I finally found it...

 

[Beau]

It certainly is awesome. It also causes a ton of headaches, though, from browser inconcistancies. Browsers were just getting to the point where they were rendering tag-based styling consistantly across platforms, then the trend moved to CSS and it started all over again.

For those of you having difficulties with IE rendering different from Moz (which you should use as your standard test browser for CSS since it is the most accurate), check out IE7 It's a cool set of javascript that runs transparently for IE that fixes many non-standard behaviors of IE and CSS, and a handful of other things like Alpha-channel PNG support in IE.

 

[Reel]

I TA'd a lab last semester that was essentially intro to web design. When we hit CSS, the first step I had them do was create a specific web page then copy some chunks of CSS into the header. They were amazed at how dramatically it changed their web page and how many neat things you could do. I got a few of them to go further and browse through an online index of CSS commands and play with a lot of them in their project. They really seemed to enjoy the cursor modification ones.

 

[hopejr]

I use CSS all the time because it's just so flexible. But it drives me nuts what IE does to it (and Opera on occasions). Sometimes I have to resort to minimalist tables, which I hate doing. I browsed a site I made on a cell phone one time, and it had all the content, with no styling, so it fit on the screen perfectly. Gotta love CSS.

 

[stndn]

Welcome to the wonderful world of CSS -)
get ready to face some headache, especially when you step further into cross-browser web design ,p

anyways, here are some friendly hints to consider:
- always start designing on standard compliant web browser (eg: moz/firefox, opera), and then descend down to fixing stupid non-standard browsers like msie and beyond.
- never, ever, start working on msie and try to make everything work on other browsers. it will make you cry.
- experiment, experiment, experiment
- draw a line on when to use hacks to accomplish cross-browser CSS and when to use less feature that you know works 100% without the need for CSS hacks / workarounds.
- be patient - don't be tempted to get frustrated
- have fun ,)

when all else fails, you can always count on a few helpful sites like:
- w3schools
- a list apart
- css-discuss
- atsf ,)

as noted above, CSS Zen Garden is a good place to take a look at the showcase of what can be accomplished through CSS. note however, that place will leave you full of envy and jealousy feeling of all the great designs ,D

and when you're ready to venture to headache zone, visit css/edge, pie, mezzoblue, stop design, and the box model

have fun ,)