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Cascading Style Sheets

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  • 05-01-2006 3:13pm
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    Mist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭


    Not sure if this is the right place or not but i'll give it a go.

    Can anyone that knows how to use CSS show me some tips or link me to somewhere where i can learn how to use it?

    I'm hopless at making sites so i really need help.

    Thanks.


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    ButtermilkJack
    Registered Users Posts: 632 ✭✭✭ButtermilkJack


    http://www.w3schools.com/

    Also, if you have any spare cash, I definately recommend this book from Sitepoint. I got it (and many others from Sitepoint) and they are fantastic. I was a complete novice with CSS (didn't even know what it stood for :o ) but now I can hand code all my sites with my eyes closed.

    It's a great book.


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp

    Best place to learn CSS and other markup languages.

    Edit: beaten to it because of my crappy IrishBroadband connection ;)


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    Mist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 77 ✭✭Mist


    Thanks guys, just checked out that site and i realised we used it when originally learning HTML.

    The CSS stuff looks useful, much appreciated ;-)


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    Bananna man
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    Is CSS supported properly by Internet Explorer 5?


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    declan_lgs
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    Bananna man wrote:
    Is CSS supported properly by Internet Explorer 5?
    Nothing is supported properly by IE.
    But there are hacks to get stuff rendering properly on it.


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    BigArnie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 140 ✭✭BigArnie


    http://www.alistapart.com


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    Bananna man
    Registered Users Posts: 673 ✭✭✭Bananna man


    declan_lgs wrote:
    Nothing is supported properly by IE.
    But there are hacks to get stuff rendering properly on it.

    Everyone tells me there much better than using tables but if they arent properly supported by IE yet whats the point seeing as how most people still use it?


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    declan_lgs
    Registered Users Posts: 549 ✭✭✭declan_lgs


    Bananna man wrote:
    Everyone tells me there much better than using tables but if they arent properly supported by IE yet whats the point seeing as how most people still use it?
    IE6 does most CSS stuff pretty good. If you test your site on it and other (standards compliant) browsers from the beginning you shouldn't have many problems. AFAIK all the placement (i.e. table-replacing) stuff is supported in IE6 and probably 5 too.


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    Serbian
    Registered Users Posts: 2,154 ✭✭✭Serbian


    Bananna man wrote:
    Everyone tells me there much better than using tables but if they arent properly supported by IE yet whats the point seeing as how most people still use it?

    In fairness, it is quite simple to get CSS based layouts working on Firefox, Opera, IE6 and Safari. IE6 does have it's quirks, but it's mostly fixed by a simple workaround. The trouble begins when you include IE5+ in that. Thankfully, the Box Model Hack allows you to target CSS rules at IE5.01 and IE5.5 only.

    I found the article Why Tables for Layout is Stupid: Problems Defined, Solutions Offered very useful.


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