[pmwiki-users] Suggestions

[Sandy]

Mark Trumpold wrote:
> Hi All
> 
> I am now getting to the stage of my wiki site to NOW learn css and skin
> producing. 
> 
> Any suggestions on how to get started or a good resource
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Mark

More or less random ideas.

Start with crayons and paper thumbnails.

www.colourlovers.ca for colours. (Set timer so you don't spend all day 
there.)

http://www.w3schools.com for quick reference of all things HTML and CSS.

ColorZilla and WebDeveloper extensions for FireFox. WebDeveloper shows 
you how things are nesting in CSS -- very good when wondering why a 
style isn't applying. Inheritance can get nasty. Also nice when 
fine-tuning the CSS.

Tables are not evil. It's much easier to do the overall layout with 
tables than CSS. (CSSZenGarden is awesome, but a also good way to get 
very frustrated.)

The style="..." HTML attribute is your friend while fine-tuning.

There are some nice skin test pages on PmWiki.

Cheers!

Sandy