Todays topic is cascading style sheets.
Reading: Web Site Design chapters 4, 6, 7.
You should understand the code behind the following demo I put together: CSS demo. For reference, keep a copy of this "cheat sheet" from about.com. Next week we'll use their layout cheat sheet.
For the basic frameworks, here is a Web site I put together as a CSS Tutorial.
As another good intro and for future reference, here is a video from Sitepoint publishing that I got permission to show, and here is a PDF tutorial I got from a workshop I attended. This page from a Web hosting company has links to other CSS sites.
A good reference list for basic CSS properties is at Blooberry.com
This is the link for TopStyle which you should consider (LE version should be free; check out their style sheets).