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CSS layout
Resources for the transition to a tableless site layout using CSS. The links below contain anything from articles for beginners to alternative stylesheet how-to and the @import trick.
- Design rant, by Owen Briggs - well-written introduction to the rationale of standards and CSS layout.
- Zeldman's A List Apart (read regularly for tips, techniques and discussions):
- Eric A. Meyer (*the* CSS guru):
- Eric Meyer on CSS.
- especially: Tricking browsers and hiding styles.
- Meyerweb CSS.
- all his articles.
- especially: css/edge.
- css-discuss Wiki
- Webreference: CSS Layout Resources and Information.
- Floatutorials - simple tutorials on CSS floats.
Print stylesheet
- css-discuss Wiki: Print Stylesheets
- Evolt: Kissing Print Versions of Pages Goodbye.
- Eric Meyer for A List Apart: Going to print.
- Meyerweb: Print Different.
Mailing lists
- css-discuss (run by Eric Meyer) [sign-up] [archives]
- [de] CSS Design (german mailing list)
Template reservoirs / Examples
- Zen Garden : The Beauty of CSS Design -
A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design.
- glish.com: CSS Layout Techniques: for Fun and Profit
- Bluerobot CSS layout reservoir
- saila.com - CSS Layouts - templates foe tableless, CSS-based, liquid, three-column layout.
Netscape 4
- Craig Saila: CSS Layouts for Netscape 4
- Mark Howell: CSS and Netscape 4
- NN4-compatible XHTML/CSS 3 column layouts
Tables
Need to convince your boss or client to go for a CSS layout rather than tables? Use this fun presentation:
But if you want to stick with tables, don't despair. Zeldman says they're ok if used wisely;
- Zeldman: Table Layouts, Revisited
- Evolt: Revisiting "Table Layouts, Revisited".
Using WYSIWYGs
If you're thinking of letting Dreamweaver create a tableless layout for you, you should read this first:
Famous re-designs
- Mozilla.org (November 2003) - Comments about the design by Dave Shea.
- Adaptive Path (July 2003) - Comments about the design by Doug Bowman.
- Netscape DevEdge Redesigns As Standards Showcase (February 2003)
- W3C Home Page Table-less Layout: HOWTO and FAQ (November 2002)
- Wired News: A Site for Your Eyes (October 2002)
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