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Resources For Learning and Using CSS
This list is not exhaustive, but it includes sources that I have
used and found useful. Links open in new browser windows.
- Websites
- Free and Open Source Software for Digital Creators
- This collection of free and open software will help get a website up and running on a tight budget. Thanks to Katie for the suggestion.
- CSS
tutorials
- This online resource has a set of lessons that will get you
started with CSS. A good place to start.
- A
List Apart
- A List Apart is where the cognoscenti post articles on
cutting edge topics related to standards-compliant web design.
The material is generally not for beginners, but it is good to
see what the issues are and to get some insights into how to
solve advanced problems.
- css Zen Garden: The
Beauty in CSS Design
- css Zen Garden is the place where web designers are pushing
the envelope. The premise of the page is fascinating: There is
an HTML page posted there that is already marked up. The
challenge is to create a design for the page using those
existing markups. It is amazing to see what people do. Not a
beginner's site, but more of a goal-setting exercise to
understand the potential of CSS design.
- Validators
- W3C
CSS Validation Service
- This free service from the World Wide Web Consortium checks
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in (X)HTML documents or
standalone for conformance to W3C recommendations.
- WDG
CSSCheck
- Another free service, this one from the Web Design Group,
checks style sheets for conformance with standards. The site
has not been updated for a while.
- Color Selectors
- HTML
named colors
- This page is a companion to Niederst, Learning Web
Design, 2d edition. On this page are samples of the 140
colors that are recognized by name in HTML.
- Web-safe
color palette
- This page is another companion to Niederst, Learning Web
Design, 2d edition. On this page are samples of the 216
colors that are known as "web-safe."
- Web-safe
colors
- This site has additional information on web-safe colors,
plus a nice interface.
- Color
scheme generator
- Todd from our group suggested this tool for generating
colors for your site. As he describes it:
This one allows you to pick mono, contrast, triadic, tetrad,
and analogical colors. One of the best web design color wheels
I found. In addition it allows you to choose light pastel,
dark pastel, contrast and pale colors and tells you what types
of visional people will be able to see particular colors.
- Color
wheel selector
- This tool lets you select a color from the full range
available, and it shows you the nearest web-safe and web-smart
colors.
- Adobe
Kuhler
- This new site from Adobe Labs allows users to create color
schemes and then to share them.
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