CSS Resources
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example by Steve Callihan
CSS Specifications, References, and Guides
Look here for links to the official specifications for CSS1 and CSS2, as well as to other CSS references and guides:
- W3C CSS site - The W3C is in charge of marshalling the CSS, HTML, XML, and other standards.
- Cascading Style Sheets, level 1 (or CSS1) Specification - Current browsers support almost all of CSS1.
- Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 (or CSS2) Specification - Current browsers support some of CSS2.
- CSS3 Working Drafts - Learn about the CSS3 and other working drafts that the W3C is currently working on.
- WebReview.com's Style Sheet Reference Guide - Includes a Master List detailing how browsers support specific CSS features. Your first stop when testing out your CSS style sheets for compatibility (or non-compatibility) with earlier browsers.
- Westciv's House of Style - Comprehensive resources for web developers who want to work with Cascading Style Sheets.
- Cascading Style Sheets by the Web Design Group (WDG).
- WebDeveloper.com's Guide to Cascading Style Sheets.
- CSS1 Reference from Zvon.
- CSS2 reference with examples from Zvon.
- Index DOT Css: The Advanced CSS Resource.
- CSS1 tutorial from RichInStyle.com.
- CSS2 tutorial from RichInStyle.com.
- Cascading Style Sheets - CSS from CodeHelp.co.uk.
- How Cascading Style Sheets Work from c/net's Builder.com.
- CSS Layout Techniques: for Fun and Profit.
- CSS Tutorial from W3Schools.com.
- Comprehensive CSS Guide from JavaScript Kit.
- CSS-1: A Reference from ProjectCool.
- DevGuru Cascading Style Sheets Quick Reference.
- CIWAS CSS FAQ compiled from posts to the comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets (CIWAS) newsgroup.
- CSS Frequently Asked Questions by the HTML Writers Guild.
- CSS Pointers Group. Includes the CSS Pointers listing of CSS resources, the CIWAS newsgroup FAQ, CSS articles, example pages, and much more.
- Stylesheet Cookbook by Steve Knoblock. Includes a section of CSS Tutorials, a CSS Gallery, and a selection of Free Stylesheets.
- Dave Raggett's Introduction to CSS: Adding a touch of style.
- CSS Tutorials from HTML Goodies.
- CSS1-Properties Quick Reference Table by Joachim Schwarte.
- Who says complex, multi-column CSS layouts can't be done? from Inside Web Development.
- Build a better frame with CSS clipping properties from Inside Web Development.
- Center images and elements with CSS instead of tables from Inside Web Development.
- A List Apart: CSS Articles - Besides a series of excellent articles on using CSS.
- A List Apart also features a CSS discussion forum.
- The main newsgroup for discussing CSS issues is comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets.
- The HTML Writers Guild's HWG-Critique mailing list. HWG members can ask for and provide feedback on their Web pages. A trial membership (good for up to a year) is free; after that membership is $40/year.
- CSS 2 Tutorial - Provides a tutorial on applying CSS2 style sheets to XML documents.
- Displaying XML with CSS.
- Complete CSS Cheat Sheet (updated with new CSS3 tags) by Robert Mening. Covers backgrounds, borders, fonts, text effects, columns, colors, grid positioning, and a lot more.
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Validation and Compatibility
- W3C's CSS Validator - Your first stop for validating your CSS style sheets.
- W3C's HTML Validator - When validating your CSS style sheets, you should also validate your HTML.
- WDG's CSSCheck - Your second choice when validating your CSS style sheets. Gives additional warnings not given by the W3C's CSS Validator.
- WDG's HTML Validator - Your second choice when validating your HTML files.
- Dr. Watson - A page checker that will check your HTML, verify your regular and image links, do a spell-check, estimate your page's download speed, and check your page for search engine compatibility.
- Bobby - A freeware Java-based "web site validator" that will check your site for its accessibility to individuals with disabilities. .
- Tantek Çelik's Box Model Hack - A method for working around the misimplementation of the box formatting model in Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows.
- Web Standards Project's (WaSP's) Browser Upgrade Initiative - A promising initiative that simplifies dealing with out-of-date browsers that either don't support CSS or support it badly.
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Browser Sniffer Resources
- RichInStyle.com's Free Browser Detection Script.
- WebReference.com's Browser Compatibility page.
- The Ultimate JavaScript Client Sniffer.
- Browser Detection and Redirection.
- JavaScript Browser Detection.
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Color Charts and Resources
With CSS, you can assign both foreground and background colors to any element. If you want to go beyond the 16 standard keyword color names, you've got to use numerical RGB color codes, using hexadecimal, decimal, or percentage RGB color values. Following are links to charts and other resources that can help make finding the right color a snap:
- The Hex Color Guide. Has table of hex codes for different colors.
- Weber "Color" Chart by Ray Weber. A chart of hex values displayed in their resulting colors.
- RGB Hex Triplet Color Chart by Doug Jacobson. Color chart is a GIF file that can be downloaded. For more links to color/hexadecimal resources, visit Doug's RGB Color Charts page.
- The Color Specifier for Netscape by HYPE Electazine. Lists the colors and their ASCII and Hex RGB values, with a link from each color name to a page using it as a background color.
- ColorMaker by Sam Choukri. Point and click to specify colors for the background, text, and links, then specify a web page, and see the new colors applied to the page.
- Victor Engel's No Dither Netscape Color Palette. Strategies and provides color chart for getting best color display results in Netscape Navigator.
- The Joy of Hex (Get Hexed!) by Pequod. Submit RGB decimal values for background, text, and links to return RGB hex codes displayed in the colors you specified.
- Browser Safe Colors: Interactive Text/Background Color Evaluation. Displays all of the colors, along with their hexadecimal code values, that are included in the "browser safe" (aka "Netscape") color palette. Select a text color and a background color to see what they'll look like together in a web page. The hexadecimal value is displayed for each color. A hex-decimal conversion table is included.
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