[Closed] Web design advice

Is it the design or the coding you can't get right. I assume it's the coding and therefore what specifically are you having problems with?

I ask so that any advice can be more specific.

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i can get a spreadsheetstyle layout but can'ts eem to get any design element to it. As there will be a few forms I don't mind reading up, just as long as material is readable.
It's really a basic "how-to" that I'm after

My first port of call has always - darn, for more than a decade, thinking about it :/ - been [url=

HTMLGOODIES.COM "http://www.htmlgoodies.com/]html"

HTML Archives | HTML Goodies

goodies[/url].

Seems to have a great deal on forms having just done a search, maybe something there for you...

Form design is painful!
While it won't help you with the CSS this book/blog is good
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http://www.lukew.com/resources/web_form_design.asp [/url]" title="LukeW | Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks -a Web design & usability book by Luke Wroblewski" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" >

LUKEW.COM "http://www.lukew.com/resources/web_form_design.asp] http://www.lukew.com/resources/web_form_design.asp [/url]"

LukeW | Web Form Design: Filling in the Blanks -a Web design & usability book by Luke Wroblewski

LukeW Ideation + Design provides resources for mobile and Web product design and strategy including presentations, workshops, articles, books and more on usability, interaction design and visual design.

For more CSS help have a look at
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http://css-tricks.com/search-results/?q=forms [/url]" title="Search Results | CSS-Tricks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" >

CSS-TRICKS.COM "http://css-tricks.com/search-results/?q=forms] http://css-tricks.com/search-results/?q=forms [/url]"

Search Results | CSS-Tricks

Try Smashing Magazine:

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and the other tutorials on the site for a guide to forms.

To style a from you can use any CSS property as you would for the rest of the site. Try [url=

SPECKYBOY.COM "http://speckyboy.com/2009/07/02/20-resources-and-tutorials-for-creative-forms-using-css/]this[/url]"

10 JavaScript & CSS Frameworks for HTML Forms — Speckyboy

We have free tools, frameworks, and libraries for improving HTML forms, such as adding validation, input masks, and other visual guides.

for some inspiration.

enough there to get me going - thanks folks