...Seeking Clarity In A Murky World...

The hardest part (besides just making myself do it) is going to be to find optimum time to work on this, relatively free of distractions. Okay, well I know there is little hope for the last, so will just have to figure out a way to ignore or work around the distractions. Focus! etcetera.

Darn. I was going to start with the Train-ee tutorials, but then I read this paragraph:

Who Is This Series For?
This series was written for someone who is already familiar with building web sites using (X)HTML and CSS, and is just new to ExpressionEngine. If you aren’t comfortable editing CSS selectors, using div tags, or don’t know how to use the W3C CSS and (X)HTML validators then this tutorial series may not be for you.  A good share of the issues I’ve worked through with people using this series are straight HTML or CSS related - missing div tags, extra spaces in CSS files, etc. The more comfortable and experienced you are at solving those problems, the easier it will be to make the jump to ExpressionEngine.

So, that leaves me out! The temptation is just to start with it anyway as I do know some stuff - but the whole point of this project is not to be quite so impulsive and wind up doing things in a haphazard manner. So, off to look for some CSS tutorials, first of all.

While I still love the wdvl site, I don’t think it quite suits my needs as far as learning CSS. A quick Google search brings up many free tutorials to choose from - I spent far too much time just looking through them (avoidance, maybe?) but in the end I had to choose one and because it’s written in easy to understand language (but really they all are - maybe I just like the site), I have chosen HTMLdog as my CSS tutor for the time being.

Already I learned something new - about “in-line styles”! Maybe, we’ll see if this works. It does! W00t!

But that’s enough red. And enough for tonight. Need to get an early start in the morning and tackle the next step when my brain is fresh instead of fried.