So you want to be a web designer huh? If you want any chance of making it in this highly competitive market, you are going to need to be the best of the best. You’ll need to know the ins and outs of coding, designing, programing, and implementation. But lets just take it one step at a time. You are going to need to learn CSS – that’s a given. But where do you begin?
Here’s a list of the six best places to learn CSS from scratch – all the way from beginning to end. Follow these guides and tutorials, practice lots, and you will soon watch your skill grow and your business flourish.
1. HTML Dog
This is a great resource because HTML Dog has split up their CSS guides into three distinct sections: beginner, intermediate, and advanced. Their tutorials are very straightforward and easy to follow.
2. Site Point
Site Point has done a really fantastic job of compiling a very comprehensive guide of CSS from a beginner’s point of view. They walk you through the steps to write clean, valid, and functional CSS – definitely a great place to start your coding journey.
3. W3 Schools
W3 Schools is a great place because of their massive library of information. They have very clean documentation and guides as well as providing advanced CSS help and other references and examples. W3 Schools gives you quizzes to help you make sure you know your stuff and have learned everything the right way.
4. TagByTag
I’m like Tag By Tag simply because it is a fast way for me to find the answers to my questions regarding CSS. This is a great reference resource. All you need to do is select a section of CSS that you need help with and you will be taken to a great help sheet to help you fix your problems. If you ever forget an attribute, style, or another syntax, all you need to do is check out Tag By Tag to find what you’re looking for.
5. CSS Help Pile
This is a great compilation of various guides, tutorials, tips and tricks for CSS coding. Here you can find dozens of articles from CSS tips to how to make buttons with CSS and everything in between. Don’t neglect this resource when looking for a quick way to take your CSS skills to the next level.
6. CSS Globe
I subscribed to CSS Globe a few weeks ago and what a huge help it has been. They feature several articles every day on everything related to CSS. I would highly recommend scanning their archives to find tools that you never knew existed in CSS. I guarantee you will find some really neat tutorials and guides that can help you more than ever.
Got more resources? Let me know and I’ll add them – don’t be afraid to submit your own site as well!
Some more great places to learn:
For more CSS tutorials check out the new tutorial site, The Tutorialist.
Melissa Holdsworth
April 6, 2008 at 6:28 am
Design Shack (www.designshack.co.uk) is a good resource for tutorials, news, examples and the like.
wallpapersearch
April 6, 2008 at 8:16 am
Wow, great tutorial I got my website up and running in about 3 weeks by learning php and mysql. Check it out: http://www.wallpapersearch.net
Brian
April 6, 2008 at 11:03 am
@Melissa – That is a great resource as well. I have added it into the post! Thanks for the recommendation.
@wallpapersearch – Coding is an ongoing learning process – never stop learning!
amole
January 1, 2010 at 10:50 pm
nice resource
Eric Shafer
February 19, 2010 at 2:52 pm
Nice resource, hopefully they start posting a lot of resources for CSS3.