CornerPixel of Standards
Web standards is really how CornerPixel began, and as founder I have my own view on them. In 2008 CornerPixel began, in hopes of creating sound web standard websites for small businesses and individuals.
A Good Place to Start
I think the hardest thing about web design and development and making your ideas work in the web. It is very easy to create something in Photoshop that looks great, but it is another thing to make it work and look right in a browser.
Along with that is the time it takes to start from scratch each project. There is so much within each site that is similar, so having a place to start out each project is a good thing.
CSS Starters
Markup Starter Templates
Here are some starter templates I use. You will find links to examples and the downloadable template files. Also note that the "Base CSS Style Sheet" is part of the Starter Templates download and is just part of the templates main style sheet. *
* Starter Templates are all fixed width templates that are 880 pixels wide. This gives some 800x600 resolution coverage. (Variable width starter templates will be noted as such.)
Helpful Websites
Okay no books here, but below are some very good websites that will help with standards, both CSS and markup (HTML / XHTML)
Next and probably something that should have been above "Helpful Websites" is the two sites that will make you a success.