Whilst I’ve been designing and building websites since 1997, I haven’t really been keeping up with what’s been going on in the world of good web design during the past few years. Given that I’m looking for a job at the moment, I thought it would be a good time to get myself up to date with as many skills as possible.
As a result, I spent today teaching myself how to use CSS to build the structure of a simple new portfolio/CV site.
I’ve used CSS to define the look and feel of websites before, but I’d always relied on using tables for layout. With a little help from a handy tutorial in Web Designer magazine (and a number of emails to Paul), I managed to put together a two-column design that I was happy with.
Now that I understand how the structure and syntax of CSS works, I can start to experiment a bit with more complex applications. I might go and have a bit of a play with the Zen Garden website, or maybe have a closer look at the style sheet that makes this blog come together.
I still need to run the new website through some compatibility testers, and there are bound to be some final tweaks to do, but you can see the fruits of my labours here: http://www.designbyclaire.co.uk
Cool!