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		<title>The CSS Bible &#8211; CSS is your God!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Hartley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here you go, a stellar assortment of CSS related links for you to reference. If you&#8217;re a CSS beginner or even a CSS guru we&#8217;re sure there is something here for everyone, enjoy! The CSS Box Model CSS linky link craziness 5 Tips For Organising Your CSS: http://bit.ly/2ytHwr 5 Popular CSS Frameworks + Tutorials &#38; [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here you go, a stellar assortment of CSS related links for you to reference. If you&#8217;re a CSS beginner or even a CSS guru we&#8217;re sure there is something here for everyone, enjoy!</p>
<h2>The CSS Box Model</h2>
<p><img src="http://www.thefloatingfrog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/css-box-model.jpg" alt="CSS Box Model" /></p>
<h2>CSS linky link craziness</h2>
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<li>5 Tips For Organising Your CSS: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/2ytHwr" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2ytHwr</a></li>
<li>5 Popular CSS Frameworks + Tutorials &amp; Tools for Getting Started: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/iwt5" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/iwt5</a></li>
<li>5 Ways to Instantly Write Better CSS: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/im8K5" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/im8K5</a></li>
<li>8 Premium One Line CSS Tips: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/pUaM" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/pUaM</a></li>
<li>8 CSS tips for better linking: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/KAbAX" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/KAbAX</a></li>
<li>10 CSS tricks you may not know: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/QN2I4" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/QN2I4</a></li>
<li>10 CSS shorthand techniques you’ll use everyday: <a href="http://bit.ly/2IBO2g" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2IBO2g</a></li>
<li>10 CSS Tips For Sexy Stylesheets: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/12KkvT" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/12KkvT</a></li>
<li>10 Swish And Stylish CSS Tricks: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/4s5vsF" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/4s5vsF</a></li>
<li>10 CSS buttons tutorial list: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/GOQi" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/GOQi</a></li>
<li>10 Excellent CSS Tips and Tutorials: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/wlkhA" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/wlkhA</a></li>
<li>10 Principles of the CSS Masters: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/WzxKI" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/WzxKI</a></li>
<li>12 CSS Tools and Tutorials for Beautiful Web Typography: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/oAc8S" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/oAc8S</a></li>
<li>12 Most Used CSS Tricks: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/vv7lT" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/vv7lT</a></li>
<li>12 Principles For Keeping Your Code Clean: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/N5Nad" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/N5Nad</a></li>
<li>13 Training Principles of CSS Everyone Should Know: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/M88uB" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/M88uB</a></li>
<li>15 CSS Properties You Probably Never Use (but perhaps should): <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/daM4H" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/daM4H</a></li>
<li>15 CSS Tricks That Must be Learned: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/1Eymas" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1Eymas</a></li>
<li>16 Usable CSS Graph and Bar Chart Tutorials and Techniques: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/4B2qX" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/4B2qX</a></li>
<li>16+ Easy CSS Techniques that Simplify the Webdesigner’s Life: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/PReAF" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/PReAF</a></li>
<li>19 CSS Menu Tutorials to Spice Up Your Web Designs: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/ctqm" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/ctqm</a></li>
<li>20 Ultimate CSS Tutorials That Will Help You Master CSS: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/4zr6Zp" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/4zr6Zp</a></li>
<li>20 Useful CSS Tips For Beginners: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/9u0Y3" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/9u0Y3</a></li>
<li>25+ CSS Tools to reduce your work load: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/IaZ1P" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/IaZ1P</a></li>
<li>30 Excellent CSS Based Navigation and Buttons Tutorials: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/12sTy" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/12sTy</a></li>
<li>30+ CSS Cheat Sheets &amp; Quick Reference Guides: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/ne7X0" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/ne7X0</a></li>
<li>35+ Very Useful And Powerful CSS Techniques: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/U3KMy" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/U3KMy</a></li>
<li>40 CSS Web Form Style Tutorials For Web Developers: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/IMK6g" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/IMK6g</a></li>
<li>43 PSD to XHTML, CSS Tutorials Creating Web Layouts And Navigation: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/yqiOG" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/yqiOG</a></li>
<li>50+ Nice Clean CSS Tab-Based Navigation Scripts: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/14T9b1" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/14T9b1</a></li>
<li>53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn’t Live Without: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/Jq3" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/Jq3</a></li>
<li>60+ Wacky CSS resources &#8211; Tutorials, Layouts, Optimizers, Editors &amp; more: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/2TNXG" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2TNXG</a></li>
<li>70 Expert Ideas For Better CSS Coding: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/3R7uuZ" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/3R7uuZ</a></li>
<li>101 CSS Techniques Of All Time: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/Aomz" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/Aomz</a></li>
<li>101 CSS Tips, Tutorials and Examples: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/iyHpQ" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/iyHpQ</a></li>
<li>120 Excellent Examples of CSS Horizontal Menus: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/13dPWf" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/13dPWf</a></li>
<li>CSS Cheat Sheet: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/kLz8v" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/kLz8v</a></li>
<li>Web Design + Tips and advice on web standards development (Covers CSS): <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/qd9pP" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/qd9pP</a></li>
<li>Resetting Your Styles with CSS Reset: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/15hzcl" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/15hzcl</a></li>
<li>Creating CSS Layouts: The Best Tutorials on Converting PSD to XHTML: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/riyH7" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/riyH7</a></li>
<li>Five web 2.0 CSS menu tutorials: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/2GjBNn" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2GjBNn</a></li>
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<li>CSS Layouts: 40+ Tutorials, Tips, Demos and Best Practices: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/eegK" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/eegK</a></li>
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<li>Using CSS to Do Anything: 50+ Creative Examples and Tutorials: <a rel="nofollow" href="http://bit.ly/KTFXG" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/KTFXG</a></li>
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		<title>CSS for ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS &#8211; shaping up with CSS</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Hartley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips, Tricks & Tutorials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Development]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Learning CSS from the beginning CSS is an abbreviation for Cascading Style Sheets. Web designers use a CSS file to control the visual layout of a web page, grouping all styling declarations into one reference document while removing them from the HTML code that lies beneath the website. If you&#8217;re an absolute newcomer to the [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2>Learning CSS from the beginning</h2>
<p>CSS is an abbreviation for Cascading Style Sheets. Web designers use a CSS file to control the visual layout of a web page, grouping all styling declarations into one reference document while removing them from the HTML code that lies beneath the website.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re an absolute newcomer to the scary world of web design and wish to start learning things from scratch then this is the place to be. Over the next few weeks I&#8217;ll be posting walk-through slideshows that explain CSS and XHTML visually, in an easy to digest format. This week it&#8217;s&#8230;</p>
<h2>CSS help for absolute beginners</h2>
<h3>Shaping up with CSS</h3>
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<h2>Index</h2>
<p>What&#8217;s covered in this slideshow presentation:</p>
<ul>
<li>Block Level Elements</li>
<li>Inline Elements</li>
<li>Rules</li>
<li>Element Symmetry &#8211; opening and closing XHTML tags</li>
<li>Styling elements</li>
<li>Sizing defaults</li>
<li>Setting heights and widths</li>
<li>Units of measurement</li>
<li>Fixed Block-Level Sizing</li>
<li>Browser Behaviour</li>
<li>Other occurances</li>
<li>Overflow Hidden</li>
<li>Positioning Elements</li>
<li>Full CSS Layout</li>
<li>Layout options</li>
<li>Positioning Block-Level Elements</li>
<li>Easiest Positioning Method</li>
<li>Position:Absolute</li>
<li>Top, Right, Bottom, Left</li>
<li>Handy tips</li>
</ul>
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<h2>Think you&#8217;re a CSS Guru?</h2>
<p>Well I guess your too good for this, it&#8217;s like child&#8217;s play, right? Well have a look at this, <a href="http://www.thefloatingfrog.co.uk/frog-blog/2008/09/10-css-shorthand-techniques-youll-use-everyday/">10 CSS shorthand techniques you’ll use everyday</a>, it will be more up your street.</p>


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