Style Sheet Reference
I’ve picked up Eric Meyer’s Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide. Hopefully this will be a handy reference tool. I already had the pocket reference but this has more detailed information so I’m hoping it will be of some use while trying to get my site up to par with accessibility and validation.
I read several of the articles he’s written at his website, and by viewing others’ style sheets, I’ve picked up a lot on using style sheets effectively. Also on how to use them so that if stylesheets are turned off, the pages still look well built. I hope to redesign this site using the new tips and tricks I’ve learned. I’d like a site that is accessible, validates, is cross-browser compatible and even looks good if someone ever decides to print one of my entries.
That’s an excellent book! I don’t own that one, although I did borrow it from the library to read through. I just finished reading Zeldman’s “Designing with Web Standards”. Lots of good information there, as well.
Mentioning having a page that is readable with styles off reminded me that I’d never tested that with my blog. So I just went to give it a try. Phew. It looks ok. Do you have that bookmarklet for “zap style sheets”? Very handy. I should use it more