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This is a little bit of information on why we should even consider using CSS. At times wrtiting the CSS was very frustrating. If the CSS Zen Garden wasn't proof enough why we should use the "tool", this article will give you more insight to the benefits of CSS>

I bookmarked this for three reasons: 1.) It is filled with CSS tips. 2.) It's the first CSS tip sites I've found that has a great CSS design (credibility) 3.) It's actually funny. Enjoy

This is certainly one of the most important tools for designing a webpage. In "CSS How To...", for the W3 Schools website, this article shows you how to insert a CSS. Without a Cascading Style Sheet, your page will look like it came right from 1997. I will be looking at this page the next time I start work on a new web page.

Tripoli is a generic css standard for HTML rendering. Tripoli resets and rebuilds browser standards and allows you to create dynamic pages without interfering with Typographic measurements. It streamlines the readability and usability of your HTML content. It also allows for full control over all css rules and has been tested of IE 5. Here is an example of a layout pulg-in on the tripoli website... http://devkick.com/lab/tripoli/layout.php?lay=l1&width=wide&style=equal I am not too sure if I will be able to use this for my professional site but maybe when I learn more about HTML and css, I can take advantage of this site.

This article, on the smashing magazine website, shows some cool tricks for working with transparency in CSS. While I am having all sorts of trouble with my CSS page, I am expecting to use these or similar tricks on my page. I recommend checking it out if you need help with transparency

Here is a great site that offers CSS templates and layouts, and best of all, they are free! As you scroll down the left side of the screen, you will see many clickable options to copy.

This page gives you some instructions on how to make your css clean and more user-friendly. It is a resource on the www.webcredible.com page and there are also other lists of resource tools on the left hand sidebar of the page. I will use this website for my professional page.

This site is exactly what the title suggests; it provides a list and description of a number of useful CSS Hacks. While I don't know that I'll be using this site for the current projects, I believe it will prove helpful for future CSS work beyond this class.

This site has a list of free CSS templates. I think I'll be using one to construct my revised professional site

Free! Well, this takes part of the thinking out the design progess. This site offers free css templates that you can preview and then download if you'd like. Something to try next time you are in a crunch.

So you want rounded instead of sharp corners? This trick should help you with that. I'm looking for ways to make my page look smoother and more polished, so I think this should help. I'm trying to use this trick for my Zen Garden CSS page.

This article, written for the Design Shack website, shows how to code for multiple columns using CSS3. I expect my first site to have just two columns, but adding a third may be in the cards in the future. I expect to impement these ideas in the near future.

120 Excellent Examples of CSS Horizantal Menu

Layouts, Web templates and code snippets for css

This is the HTML and CSS codes for Horizontal tab menus. When you copy the code, you have to make sure that you save the two images so that they may be used as the background images and also make sure that the image is directed correctly in both the HTML & css or you wont get the cool effect. I do plan to use this in my professional site.

This site explains floats to the point of near exhaustion. IT's helpful if you are willing to wade through. I think we are all using floats of some kind. This site should be a benefit to future CSS projects.

By now, most of us can reasonably use many basic functions of html and css. This function, allowing the designer to adjust the margin size, may be helpful. I will be using it on my site..

This article, written by German CSS expert Jens Meiert, shows how to make one's page more organized. He opens up by explaining how important it is to make your page orderly. While I am just starting out with this Web Design endeavor, I expect to employ some of Meiert's suggestions with my own work.

Azbuka is CSS Typographical Base Rendering Library.It's meant to make meaningful web typography based on the golden proportion.

This site shows you how to add certain effects to your css such as dropshadows, rounded edges and sliding tabs, horizontal centering etc. I will use some of these effects for my page.