Comments on: Stylin’ with CSS: A Designer’s Guide http://www.upstartblogger.com/stylin-with-css-a-designers-guide Successful Blogging Made Simple Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:56:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: francey http://www.upstartblogger.com/stylin-with-css-a-designers-guide#comment-59 francey Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/stylin-with-css-a-designers-guide#comment-59 learning CSS is a great decision. Although I personally did not use any books (http://www.w3schools.com has a great reference), I found it insanely helpful with regard to the speed with which I code/manage designs. I personally jumped head-first into CSS, I took the default wordpress template, and forced myself to only change the stylesheet, and that’s pretty much how it went. <br /> <br /> Oh, and best of luck with learning. I hope to visit the site a month later and see a fabulous original design. ;-) learning CSS is a great decision. Although I personally did not use any books (http://www.w3schools.com has a great reference), I found it insanely helpful with regard to the speed with which I code/manage designs. I personally jumped head-first into CSS, I took the default wordpress template, and forced myself to only change the stylesheet, and that’s pretty much how it went.

Oh, and best of luck with learning. I hope to visit the site a month later and see a fabulous original design. ;-)

]]> By: Robert Ellis http://www.upstartblogger.com/stylin-with-css-a-designers-guide#comment-60 Robert Ellis Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/stylin-with-css-a-designers-guide#comment-60 I got far enough without reading up on CSS to modify your template, but I wanted to understand a little better what I was doing and I can only read so much onscreen. But deconstructing templates is a great way to understand what’s going on, and to get design ideas.<br /> <br /> And yes, come back in a month (well, maybe two) and I hope to have to new original design, though I’ll always drop in on <a href="http://www.francey.org" rel="nofollow" >francey.org</a> for inspiration! I got far enough without reading up on CSS to modify your template, but I wanted to understand a little better what I was doing and I can only read so much onscreen. But deconstructing templates is a great way to understand what’s going on, and to get design ideas.

And yes, come back in a month (well, maybe two) and I hope to have to new original design, though I’ll always drop in on francey.org for inspiration!

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