CSS can easily be really complicated, you can shovel layer upon layer on it and it still seems to work (a lot of guys just cut and paste in new styles). Most c

CSS can easily be really complicated, you can shovel layer upon layer on it and it still seems to work (a lot of guys just cut and paste in new styles). Most cutting edge CSS I see on sites is just to provide animated transitions and effects - you can reduce a lot of overhead if you don't care about animated headings and the like. My suggestion is: - Try to keep it simple - start with the basics - A older but very good book on CSS basics is: Stylin' With CSS: A Designer's Guide by Charles Wyke-Smith - Use the inspect/debugging tools in your web browser to reveal the smoke and mirrors of website elements you like to figure out whats doing the actual work. As an example is https://doplaces.com https://doplaces.com - not perfect but I tried to keep it to a minimum while still being functional and flexible...