After I started my blogs with Movable Type, what I realized is that MT relies a lot on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). As a result, I learned my CSS by trial and error, changing things in the stylesheet template and wondering, “OK, what does this do…oops!” Eventually, I started doing more reading on CSS (read: learning how to do things the right way). In my self-studies I came across these two books by arguably the leading expert on CSS, Eric Meyer: Eric Meyer on CSS and More Eric Meyer on CSS.

I cannot recommend those books highly enough. Meyer’s examples push the limit of what can be done with HTML and CSS combined…flowing text around curves, positioning, cool translucency effects, and effects that would take ages to accomplish with table-based design.

Armed with that knowledge, right now I’m working on a “from the bottom up” re-design of Freshly Squeezed. It’s gonna take me a while to work on the stylesheets and templates, but I hope to have it up and running real soon, maybe by the end of the month.

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