Have you always been reliant on others' templates for your blog or website? You'd like to customize them, but you're just not sure how? Perhaps it's time to finally wrestle with the secrets of CSS. This collection of CSS-related links should be a good start - from basic tutorials to advanced tools, it's all here.
456 Berea Street - Numerous guides and tutorials on advanced CSS tricks.
CleanCSS.com - Tool to help you clean up your CSS and optimize it.
CodeBeautifier.com - A CSS code formatter and optimizer, but stresses it is not a validator.
CSS Tweak - Just as the name implies, upload your CSS and you can tweak it on the go.
CSS-Ref.com - A tool for practicing your CSS skills or writing an actual layout.
CSSCreator.com - Will create a page with up to three columns and header & footer.
CSSDrive Compressor - A utility to compress your CSS saving you drive space, bandwidth and loading times.
CSSFly.net - An in-browser CSS editor that can also do HTML.
CSSOptimiser.com - A tool for compressing your CSS code and allowing the file to load faster.
CSS Pagemaker - A simple CSS pagemaker wizard with easy fill-in-the-blank questions.
CSS Redundancy Checker - Enter URLs to let the site check for redundant calls and repetitive code.
CSS Rollover Generator - Create rollover images using nothing but CSS.
CSS Superdouche - Enter the URL of your CSS file, the site checks it, cleans it up, and gives you new CSS you can paste back in to your site.
CSSTidy - A Sourceforge project of a CSS optimizer and parser.
Em Calculator - A Javascript based tool for making scalable CSS design based on Em units to work easier with text size.
Layout-o-matic - A tool for helping you generate simple page layouts with several column variations.
List-u-Like CSS Generator - Lets you create cross-browser, list based navigation bars with ease by defining all the parameters and the site generates it for you.
RoundedCornr.com - Generate HTML and CSS images and code with rounded corners and gradients.
Sky CSS Tool - All you need is a JavaScript enabled browser and you can create your new CSS page in-browser.
Spiffy Corners - An easy to use site that generates a colored box in CSS code with rounded corners with the specs you request.
TheBoxOffice.be - A CSS and XHTML generator to help you wrap text around an image.
YAML Builder - An in-browser HTML/CSS coder with a real-time preview of how the page will look.
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