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CSS TOOLBOX: 20+ Tools For Working With CSS

CSS TOOLBOX: 20+ Tools For Working With CSS
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 st

456 Berea Street – Numerous guides and tutorials on advanced CSS tricks.

Cleancss.com

CleanCSS.com – Tool to help you clean up your CSS and optimize it.

CodeBeautifier.com

CodeBeautifier.com – A CSS code formatter and optimizer, but stresses it is not a validator.

CSS Tweak

CSS Tweak – Just as the name implies, upload your CSS and you can tweak it on the go.

css-ref

CSS-Ref.com – A tool for practicing your CSS skills or writing an actual layout.

CSSCreator.com

CSSCreator.com – Will create a page with up to three columns and header & footer.

CSSDrive Compressor

CSSDrive Compressor – A utility to compress your CSS saving you drive space, bandwidth and loading times.

CSSFly

CSSFly.net – An in-browser CSS editor that can also do HTML.

CSSOptimiser.com

CSSOptimiser.com – A tool for compressing your CSS code and allowing the file to load faster.

CSS Pagemaker

CSS Pagemaker – A simple CSS pagemaker wizard with easy fill-in-the-blank questions.

CSS Redundancy Checker

CSS Redundancy Checker – Enter URLs to let the site check for redundant calls and repetitive code.

CSS Rollover Generator

CSS Rollover Generator – Create rollover images using nothing but CSS.

CSS Superdouche

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.

css tidy

CSSTidy – A Sourceforge project of a CSS optimizer and parser.

em calculator

Em Calculator – A Javascript based tool for making scalable CSS design based on Em units to work easier with text size.

layout-o-matic

Layout-o-matic – A tool for helping you generate simple page layouts with several column variations.

List-u-Like CSS Generator

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

RoundedCornr.com – Generate HTML and CSS images and code with rounded corners and gradients.

Sky CSS Tool

Sky CSS Tool – All you need is a JavaScript enabled browser and you can create your new CSS page in-browser.

Spify Corners 2

Spiffy Corners – An easy to use site that generates a colored box in CSS code with rounded corners with the specs you request.

TheBoxOffice.de

TheBoxOffice.be – A CSS and XHTML generator to help you wrap text around an image.

YAML Builder

YAML Builder – An in-browser HTML/CSS coder with a real-time preview of how the page will look.