One thing that I do not hear discussed is the reasons why you even need a website. In my consulting work, I will frequently ask if the client is sure that they need a website.
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When it Comes to CSS, Don’t Give Up
written by Dave Merwin
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
CSS is hard. Old, table based layouts were hard too, but today, CSS is hard. Moving to web standards is hard. At the recent An Event Apart in Seattle I was shocked to see Eric Meyer’s solution to a couple of problems was a quick fix. A QUICK FIX? But this is the Yoda of CSS… the master of all that is Cascading. How can he use a QUICK FIX?
12 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS and Standards by Ben Henick explains why.
Go read the article. I will add the 13th lesson.
13. Don’t Give Up.
You will pull your hair out in the middle of the night. You will fight with the code. You will create great markup and then not have any idea how to get it to work.
But just when you are ready to throw in the towel look back. You have learned a great deal in the past XXX days. You have more to learn, but at least you are doing it. Keep going and don’t give up.
I just wanted to thank you for the feedback, give a fellow Oregonian a friendly wave, and mention that I linked to this post in the comments on the actual article.
ben September 26th, 2006 at 8:02 pmThanks for the article Ben. I appreciated No. 4 the most. Nice job.
Dave Merwin September 26th, 2006 at 10:21 pmGreetings and Gidday from downunder,
To both Ben and Dave, I’d just like to say a big thanks!
Having started waaaay back in the mid ’90s using tables based design and layout, switching to css/web standards has been one of the most frustrating experiences of my life.
It was great to find Ben’s article and learn I wasn’t the only one.
I’m now about half way through my css “apprenticeship” and have taken great heart and comfort from both your posts.
Thanks guys!
Hooroo
jpalmer January 29th, 2007 at 9:30 pmJP