CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets, which is a style sheet language used to present a document written in a markup language. CSS is often used to update and change web sites written in HTML or XHTML. These are a few sites that have a excellent start up information to help someone use CSS.

W3 Schools- W3 Schools is a very helpful web site for the novice user up to the experienced user on information to program CSS sheets along with other questions for other coding for web sites.

WDG Guide – This is another tutorial on how to use CSS along with base sheets and galleries to help the user learn more about how to style CSS.
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If you are still using table based layouts for your web developement projects, you’re getting left behind.  CSS/XHMTL design layouts are not only en vouge, they are imperative.  And they are much easier to use than you think!  So you don’t know where to start?  Here’s 5 can’t miss CSS resources for every designer and developer.

1. W3Schools.com CSS Tutorial:  The w3Schools.com website offers some of the best site on the web.  They are the ultimate resource to ensure your code is valid, as they are run by the people who are the web standards authority.  If you’ve never seen a Cascading Style Sheet in your life, this is the place to start! Continue Reading

Many sites “play it safe” when choosing colors. Brilliant colors have to be carefully controlled to avoid looking amateur. I’ve selected these 20 sites for excellent use of color along with their overall web design. Quality of CSS, features, ease of use all come into play as well. Hope you enjoy!

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http://silverbackapp.com/
http://www.willportifolio.com.br/
http://wpglamour.com/
http://www.notified.tv/
http://adaptd.com/
http://www.base6design.com/
http://www.mydezzign.com/
http://www.ebugogo.tv/
http://www.yovivoenvigo.com/
http://rosevillehwc.com/
http://www.speaklight.com/
http://www.serj.ca/
http://shylands.com/explore/
http://www.volll.com/#section_main
http://www.regata.co.il/
http://www.activate-p-s.com/
http://www.twistsystems.co.uk/
http://avalonstar.com/
http://www.webdesign-aus-bremen.de/freelancer.html
http://goodworksmedia.com/index.htm

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After looking through hundreds, maybe even thousands of websites, I’ve compiled the top 20 CSS websites for clean and simple design.

What do these designs have in common? They all have clean simple interfaces and remain uncluttered and easy to read. Many of the designs display a good deal of illustrion or photorealism, two of my favorite current trends that can contribute a lot to a design.

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So you’ve been to about a million websites at this point in your cyber life. There’s a little bit of everything in the online jungle, with every different imaginable style, color, and layout. Everyone is trying to be different, trying to separate themselves from the pack. So why is it that nearly every website, from the coolest of the cool to the worst of the worst, seem to still be using the same, ugly form fields that are default.

Well, that’s about to change, at least on your website. I’m going to give you some quick and easy tips to spice up your form fields and set your website apart from the rest. This will not be a tutorial on CSS, although if you’ve never used CSS, you still should get enough information to improve your forms drastically. The more you know about CSS, the more cool stuff you can do! Continue Reading