Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) is one of three components in dynamic HTML, besides DOM and JavaScript.

• Web Style Sheets by W3C
  Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), eXtensible Style Language (XSL), Document Style Semantics and Specification Language (DSSSL), CSS-DOM & SAC. Learning CSS.
  Specifications: Cascading Style Sheets
  • Cascading Style Sheets, level 1 (CSS1)
    W3C Recommendation, 17 Dec 1996, revised 11 Jan 1999. Basic concepts; Pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements; The cascade; Formatting model; CSS1 properties; Units; CSS1 conformance; References.
  • Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 (CSS2)
    CSS2 Specification, W3C Recommendation 12-May-1998.
  • Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 revision 1 (CSS2.1)
    CSS2.1 Specification, W3C Candidate Recommendation 19 Jul 2007. Introduction; Conformance; Syntax and basic data types; Selectors; Assigning property values, Cascading, and Inheritance; Media types; Box model; Visual formatting model & details; Visual effects; Generated content, automatic numbering, and lists; Paged media; Colors and Backgrounds; Fonts; Text; Tables; User interface; Aural style sheets.
  • Cascading Style Sheets - Current Work
    CSS3 modules, CSS profiles.
• Adding a touch of style
  By Dave Raggett, 8th April 2002, W3C. This is a short guide to styling your Web pages. It will show you how to use W3C's Cascading Style Sheets language (CSS) as well as alternatives using HTML itself.
• CSS by W3Schools
  CSS Tutorials - Basic & Advanced. CSS References (CSS1+CSS2), CSS Examples, CSS Quiz.
• SitePoint CSS Reference
• CSS Reference
  By XHTML Reference - Extensible HyperText markup Language. This reference is based on the CSS 2.1 specification. To better understand how Web browsers use CSS to render markup, please refer to the Box Model article.
• CSS3 . info
  CSS3 . Info - All you ever needed to know about CSS3. CSS3 Preview, Module status, CSS Selectors Test.
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS1) Reference
  By John Pozadzides and Liam Quinn, HTML Help by The Web Design Group (WDG).
  Download offline CSS Guide: HTML, WinHelp.
  Also available in Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish.
• CSS Tutorial [In Portuguese]
  Introduction, Working with CSS, Properties and Values. By Leonardo Leal, CodigoFonte.com.
• meyerweb.com - Eric Meyer
  Eric Meyer blog & Archives, CSS, Toolbox, Writing, Speaking, Leftovers. Eric Meyer: CSS.
• css-discuss.org
  css-discuss is a mailing list devoted to talking about CSS and ways to use it in the real world; in other words, practical uses and applications.
• CSS Vault
  The Web's CSS site. CSS Gallery, Resources, XML Feeds.
• Rich In Style
  CSS1 Guide, CSS2 Guide, CSS Bugs in Browsers & RichInStyle.com CSS bug table, CSS FAQ.
• CSS Tutorial
  HTML and CSS tutorials by HTML.net. Available in Dansk, Deutsch, English, Fran�ais, Italiano, Hebraic, Polski, Russian, Chinese.
• Mozilla Developer Center - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  Mozilla Develoepr Center (MDC), available in Catal�, Chinese, Cesky, Deutsch, Fran�ais, Italiano, Japanese, Nederlands, Polski, Portugu�s, Russian, Espa�ol, Korean.
• Tableless [In Portuguese]
  Este site traz artigos, estudos e um fórum para mostrar aos interessados, estudantes e profissionais web que é possível e fácil criar um site TABLELESS acessível, compatível e com design impecável seguindo as especificações do W3C. Tableless nada mais é que: Um método de construir sites sem o uso de tabelas, usando CSS, XHTML ou outras versões do HTML, de acordo com as especificações do W3C. Por Diego Alberto Eis, web designer especialista em tableless, e Elcio Luiz Ferreira, web developer.
• CSS para WebDesign [In Portuguese]
  Tutoriais, macetes e dicas por Maurício Samy Silva.
• Cascading Style Sheets
  In HotSource HTML Help. Stylish Cascading Style Sheets FAQ.
• CSS Online Tutorials
  By WestCiv House of Style.
• style-sheets.com
  Makers of Style Studio CSS Editor for Windows.
  CSS Validator, CSS Tools, CSS FAQ, CSS Tutorial (by WDG), CSS Articles, CSS Resources, CSS Layouts, HTML Tidy, HTML Tutorial.
• Reinhold Weber
  A german web developer, web designer, CSS expert, PHP/mysql developer & ruby on rails enthusiast. He follows the latest web trends and develops stable web solutions using a combination of PHP5, MySQL, XHTML, CSS, and Javascript.
  Series: CSS Anatomy - a stylesheet deconstructed - apple.com (2008-05-24), - nytimes.com (2008-07-13).
• CSS Layout Techniques: for Fun and Profit
  If you are looking for help making the transition to CSS layout (that's Cascading Style Sheets), you've come to the right place. Eric Costello is cataloging here as many useful cross-browser CSS layout techniques as he can find, and some that he made up when bored. CSS Techniques, CSS Resources, CSS Tutorials.
• Max Design CSS
  By Russ Weakley, web designer. Listamatic & Listamatic2: HTML list options. Listutorial: tutorials on CSS based lists. Floatutorial: tutorials on CSS floats. Selectutorial: CSS selectors.
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  MSDN Library, Web Developement, HTML and CSS. By Microsoft Corporation.
• Styling even more form controls
  By Roger Johansson. In short, this is a reference that shows how differently form controls are rendered by different web browsers and operating systems. It also shows that little can be done to make form controls appear the same across browsers and platforms. The author have made screenshots of all form controls, including thier disabled state. Extra pages show how some CSS style samples, applied to each control, look on several browsers.
  The CSS and XHTML Lab.
• CSS Intensivstation
  CSS How-To Tutorial, Templates and Links.
  Also available in Deutsh (German).
• Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  In Boogie Jack's Web Design Tutorials. By Boogie Jack Webmaster Resources.
• NYPL Style Guide
  By New York Public Library (NYPL).
  XHTML: Guidelines & Benefits. CSS: Style Sheets & Tips.
• Centring using CSS
  Methods for centring block and inline elements using Cascading Style Sheets. By David Dorward.
  See also: Center with CSS: "How do I center ... using only a style sheet?", by Rijk van Geijtenbeek on comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets, 29 October 2001, All My FAQs.
  Internet Explorer Margin Fix, by David Schontzler, Stilleye: Scripts.
• Cascading Style Sheets Considered Harmful?
  Tech Note by Mark L. Irons (Half).
• The Developer's Archive
  From CSS Pointers Group (css.nu), by Tina Holmboe. Cascading Style Sheets resources and pointers to information: Info pages, Links, browser bug descriptions, FAQ lists, Articles, Examples, Stylesheets.
• Google Directory: CSS

Books on CSS

• Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide (536 pp.)
  Author: Eric A. Meyer
  Publisher: O'Reilly Media, 3rd Edition, November 2006
  ISBN-10: 0596527330, ISBN-13: 978-059652733-4.
  Books by Eric.
• Eric Meyer on CSS (322 pp.)
  Author: Eric A. Meyer
  Publisher: Peachpit Press / New Riders Publishing, June 2002
  ISBN-10: 073571245X.
  Books by Eric.
• More Eric Meyer on CSS (304 pp.)
  Author: Eric A. Meyer
  Publisher: Peachpit Press / New Riders Publishing, April 2004
  ISBN-10: 0735714258.
  Books by Eric.
• Core CSS: Cascading Style Sheets (676 pp. w/ CD-ROM)
  Author: Keith Schengili-Roberts
  Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional), May 2000
  ISBN-10: 0-13-083456-4.
• Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web, 2nd Ed., 279 pp.
  Authors: Håkon Wium Lie, Bert Bos
  Publisher: Addison-Wesley, July 1999
  ISBN-10: 0-201-59625-3.