How can I get back up to speed on basic CSS and ColdFusion quickly?
June 23, 2008 7:16 AM Subscribe
How can I get back up to speed on basic CSS and ColdFusion quickly?
I just started a new job, and about 25% of my time is supposed to be spent on maintaining/updating a roster of websites. They are high-traffic enough that it's important to do things right, and complicated enough that I feel like I may be in over my head.
I did some CSS and ColdFusion design work in college, but that was like 5 years ago. And back then I had a supervisor/teacher who was always available to troubleshoot my code and tweak my sloppy code into perfection.
So my question is, how can I get good? I am willing to buy books, though I'd like to keep the cost fairly low. And of course free websites and tutorials would be the best.
My starting level is that intellectually I know a lot of basic stuff, but when it comes down to actually writing a query or formatting a cfoutput, I just don't know how to set it up... so ideally I'd like something where I start very basic and can skim through and refresh all my old implicit knowledge. ColdFusion (8.0) is the aspect I am most worried about, though I certainly need to work on CSS as well.
Sorry that this question isn't better formed, but I am at work right now, worrying about how I am going to fix the problems that are in my inbox.
Thanks in advance for all your help!!
I just started a new job, and about 25% of my time is supposed to be spent on maintaining/updating a roster of websites. They are high-traffic enough that it's important to do things right, and complicated enough that I feel like I may be in over my head.
I did some CSS and ColdFusion design work in college, but that was like 5 years ago. And back then I had a supervisor/teacher who was always available to troubleshoot my code and tweak my sloppy code into perfection.
So my question is, how can I get good? I am willing to buy books, though I'd like to keep the cost fairly low. And of course free websites and tutorials would be the best.
My starting level is that intellectually I know a lot of basic stuff, but when it comes down to actually writing a query or formatting a cfoutput, I just don't know how to set it up... so ideally I'd like something where I start very basic and can skim through and refresh all my old implicit knowledge. ColdFusion (8.0) is the aspect I am most worried about, though I certainly need to work on CSS as well.
Sorry that this question isn't better formed, but I am at work right now, worrying about how I am going to fix the problems that are in my inbox.
Thanks in advance for all your help!!
Best answer: alle, I assume if you're running ColdFusion, you're also running DreamWeaver. While it may seem kind of obvious, there's a butt-load of text, tutorials and the like in the DreamWeaver Reference section, ColdFusion and CSS included (with the relevant O'Reilly books included also). Shift + F1 on your keyboard inside DreamWeaver.
posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul at 10:28 AM on June 23, 2008
posted by Bora Horza Gobuchul at 10:28 AM on June 23, 2008
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posted by SuperSquirrel at 7:40 AM on June 23, 2008