CSS links

Definition[edit | edit source]

This page contains links for CSS. So far, it is just a quick copy/paste from my old http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/css/pointers.html So far it only got links. Some of these may be broken ... -

Tools / Software[edit | edit source]

On-line validation tools[edit | edit source]

W3C validator (W3C) download and on-line). This only works with W3C vocabularies, e.g. not with your own XML.
WDG CSSCheck

Editors[edit | edit source]

Any text editor can do, some have CSS modes that you may have to install.
TopStyle Lite, $80 payware. (direct link).

Browser plugins and Bookmarklets[edit | edit source]

CSS validator Michel Langley's Firefox add-on (sends the page to the W3C validator).

XRAY is a bookmarklet for IE, Mozilla/Firefox and Safari. Use it to see the box model for any element on any Web page.

Online utilities[edit | edit source]

Tools that add browser-specific code to not yet standardized CSS (i.e. all the fancy CSS3 you would use for HTML5)

Specifications[edit | edit source]

When you are in doubt proceed first with an on-line validation, then check compatibility charts (see below). You also can consult the CSS-compatible browser list at W3C.

Cascading Style Sheets, level 1 (W3C Recommendation 17 Dec 1996, works in all browsers in principle)
Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 (W3C Recommendation 12-May-1998, revised 11 April 2008 as CSS 2.1)
Overview of current work. So-called CSS 3 is in fact a long series of modular specifications. Some of these are almost finalised, and some features are already implemented in modern browsers like FF 3.5, Opera, etc. (09:30, 10 September 2009 (UTC)).

Tests[edit | edit source]

Manuals, short references and implementation charts[edit | edit source]

Manuals[edit | edit source]

SitePoint CSS reference
CSS Properties Good summaries from the Web Design Group
Mozilla/Opera sidebars from Zvon (work sort of with firefox )
Index DOT Css (ok, but outdated)

CSS cheatsheets[edit | edit source]

CSS Cheat Sheet by Dave Child (very good)
CSS cheat sheet also good, but simpler (Sizefactory)
CSS Cheat Sheet (Leslie Franke).

Overviews and cheat sheets

Refcards (several)

Compatibility charts[edit | edit source]

CSS contents and browser compatibility at quirksmode.org. Good. Also has stuff on DOM compatibility
Web Devout, good Web Browser CSS support. Good !

General Tutorials[edit | edit source]

(see also the Links section, maybe looking at examples will get you there faster !)

Adding a touch of style by David Raggett, nice tutorial for the masses
Fixing your site with the right DocType. "List a Part" article for a related, but important subject !
Chapter 20: CSS chapter 20 of the book Cascading Style Sheets, designing for the Web, by Hï¿½kon Wium Lie and Bert Bos.
Introduction to CSS (includes an XML CSS short tutorial).
CSS FLoats Part I (should work with Mozilla, for others see part 2 (from Webreference's HTML with style tutorials section)
A List Apart CSS hacks (since issue 100 this famous on-line mag uses strict W3C complicant code ... and they still let you see style-less contents with old browsers).
Flexible Layouts, good A List Apart story (nov 2002)
Evolution of a Home webreference article showing how they could rebuild their home page without tables for all 5 browsers.
Advanced CSS Layouts, WebReference.com tutorial by R.V Lizaola & A.King
CSS in the Real World. Lecture notes from Zeldmann
Writing Lean CSS at OrderedList (9/2004). Use cascades and regroup selectors, etc.
Cascading Style Sheets (en français)

Page Layout tutorials[edit | edit source]

Design without tables, CSS Positioning, etc.

Responsive Web Design By Ethan Marcotte, User Interface Engineering. Originally published: Jan 11, 2011
HTML Utopia: Chapter 5: Building the Skeleton by Dan Shafer (extract of chap 5 of the "Designing Without Tables" book)
CSS Positioning Good and clean CSS tutorial (look at the source of the pages !)
Tutorial 19: CSS Positioning, Part II webreference article
The Layout Reservoir Good 2 and 3 colum designs !
CSS Layout Techniques: for Fun and Profit
Boxes from thenoodleincident.com. Nice examples !
S5 is a slide show format based entirely on XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript. With one file, you can run a complete slide show and have a printer-friendly version as well
Learn CSS Layout. CSS layout bases in several languages

Compatibility issues and Quirks modes[edit | edit source]

About quirks modes

Quirks mode and strict mode
What happens in Quirks Mode?, (modified 9/2009), by Jukka Korpela.
Activating Browser Modes with Doctype
Henri Sivonen provides a detailed explanation. (updated 5/2009).

About IE bug-related hacks

CSS Hacks and IE7
Conditional comments (Quirksmode, updated July 2009 or later)

CSS with XML[edit | edit source]

On Display: XML Web Pages with Mozilla by Simon St.Laurent

Client-side style-sheets[edit | edit source]

The CSS Anarchist's Cookbook by Eric Meyer, O'Reilly
Tap the Power of Mozilla's User Style Sheets

Font compatibilty[edit | edit source]

Why Windows Web Pages Have Tiny Text
Beyond the FONT tag: Practical HTML text styling by Todd Fahrner

Examples[edit | edit source]

(Code you can copy)

Zen Garden, The Beauty of CSS Design. This allows you to load various great CSS designs of into the page (which then radically changes its appearence (recommended, over 400 designs !).
CSS-Anwendungsbeispiele (in German, with code)
TECFA Example directory (only small stuff)

Link collections[edit | edit source]

CSS Page at W3C, see also
- Style. Specifications plus some good ressources links.
- Learning CSS
CCVault This site has a nice gallery and various good links to other resources (tutorials and examples that are worth a visit).
css/Edge. This is another good site for advanced CSS: "The goal here is to find ways to make CSS live up to its fullest potential, with only minimal regard to browser limitations" (own examples good pointers)
Position is Everything Quote: "we're Big John and Holly Bergevin, and together we built this site to explain some obtuse CSS bugs in modern browsers, provide demo examples of interesting CSS behaviors, and show how to 'make it work' without using tables for layout purposes."
CSS Layout Techniques: for Fun and Profit, CSS notes for the Eric Costello's Glish.com
House of Style Tutorials and Guides (also sell the Style Master software)
DHTML Links (good CSS pointers)
Cascading Style Sheets (good list of links at WebReference.com)
Web Content Articles at Apple's Developper connection has some CSS articles and Safari information