CSS Book for beginners

[sk175]

Anyone know of good CSS books for beginners?

Thanks,
S.

[D_Blackwell]

There are tons of good CSS books, but a beginner should start with the tons of samples, tutorials, examples, and blogs that can be brought up with a Google search. There is a staggering amount of schooling online just waiting for you to start experimenting.

Then, when you've got the basics, you will be better able to select books that fit your personality, style (so to speak), and need.

I'm a huge book fan, but if I bought everything I wanted I'd be busted. Computer and coding related books tend to be a good bit pricier than average. However, I also take the position that just one good technique, just one good tool that I reach for again and again is worth the price of a book. Just one nugget makes a book worth the price. It's tougher now that I do so much work for myself and not for others. I used to add in as a miscellaneous extra the cost of two books into every project that I took on. Sort of a bonus perk:)) I still do work for others, but a lot less, so I'm cheaper on what I spend on books.

[swa66]

I've thumbed through a few books in the past and I've not found something I'd like to recommend yet.

Things I don't want to see used in books/tutorials:

• parser hacks
  
• divititis
  
• invalid code
  
• lack of the engineering part, the how to get there from scratch in an efficient manner
  
• old info like CSS1, CSS2
  

The forum charter has a number of links that are a good starting point
[webmasterworld.com...]

[bluesmandeluxe]

One of the best books for layout, wireframing, floats and navbars is Bulletproof Web Design Second Edition (don't buy the first) by Dan Cederholm ("simplebits", creator of the css "Faux Columns" technique).

It is a simple, yet powerful, little book that has example of nine cross-browser/platform techniques that will change how you code web pages.

Don't ignore proper html or the CSS will just frustrate you.