I am a newbie, but am faithfully reading up on design, css, etc. My problem is that I find it difficult to look at websites that I like and breaking it up into manageable chunks so that I may style my own. For example, like www.sunsad.de; where the background seems to be made up of one big image. Even the sticky note looks as though it is part of the image (although it is done with css). Where can I find information on dissecting these types of design?
You can download the Web Developer Toolbar. With this Firefox plugin you can view element information (ctrl+shift+f) which helps determine which elements are used where. You can also easily view all images and image information in an easy-to-read list by clicking "view image information" under "images".