Thank you everyone for coming out to this presentation. I had a blast out at WordCamp this year. Here are all the resources I promised. Now, I will only ask for one thing. If you attended the presentation, feel free to leave a comment here on your thoughts about the presentation. If you really liked it, let me know what I did to that made it better, so I can keep doing it. If you have any recommendations to make my presentations better, please leave a comment and let me know.
This helps in two ways. First, it helps me make my presentations better. Second, it helps conference organizers see the caliber of my presentations, so I can go to more conferences and present more often. So thank you for coming to WordCamp, and I hope this presentation helped.
Video
WordPress.tv has posted a video of the presentation.
Slides
Recommended Book
I highly recommend CSS Mastery by Andy Budd. This book is what helped me understand CSS more fully. I cannot think of a better resource for learning CSS.
They have published online a sample PDF of Chapter 7: Positioning. This is a great example of how the book is written.
Recommended Websites
w3schools CSS – If you are starting out with zero knowledge, then I recommend going over the different sections on the website.
A List Apart CSS – After you’ve gotten the very basics done with CSS, A List Apart has a lot of great articles in their CSS category.
CSS Basics Reference – A good website with references to all the different properties.
CSS-Tricks – Once you feel like you’re understanding CSS, checkout CSS-Tricks and blow your mind! This website covers the “leading edge” of CSS tactics. They have a lot of great stuff.
Recommended Articles
The 30 CSS Selectors You Must Memorize by NetTuts+ – A list of 30 types of CSS Selector combinations. If you can remember these selectors, you can do just about anything.
CSS Specificity: Things You Should Know by Smashing Magazine – This article explains CSS Specificity very well.
CSS Specificity Wars by Stuff & Non-sense – This is where I got the great example of stormtroopers & Darth Vader.
The CSS Box Model by CSS-Tricks – A good explanation of the Box Model.
CSS Floats 101 by A List Apart – A very good explanation of how Floating working in CSS. Make sure to look at each example.
CSS Positioning 101 by A List Apart – A great explanation on Positioning. Make sure to look at each example.
Recommended Tools
FireBug for FireFox – My personal favorite web browser inspector.
Developer Tools for Chrome – If you prefer Chrome, checkout the Developer Tools.
Browser Stack – A cool web-based tool for using Virtual Machines in the cloud to quickly test multiple browsers. It is currently in Beta.
Miscellaneous Items
I had several requests for this image. It is by Shoze:
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I loved the presentation. I really liked how the discussion got right to the point. So many of these things start out with one or two people rambling on and you can tell they have never made a real presentation before. You stayed on topic, did not talk down to the audience and you were able to demonstrate a passion for the subject thar re-energized me and made me want to dive back into CSS once again.
By the way in your sidebar,here under Categories, Articles is spelt ATRICLES
Great presentation! I wish I would have seen this months ago!