To Style or Not To Style? That is the question...
Cascading Style Sheets entered the fray of web technologies at a time when web browser technology was anything but standardized... not that it is all that standardized today. The purpose was to provide an easier way to provide for consistent design styling and updating of format. Today, CSS have come a long way. Entire layout issues are resolved using them. Never the less, incompatibility among browsers is still an issue.
Use of style sheets has evolved to include the ability to create dynamic navigation menus, advanced design layouts, the inclusion of special fonts, and much more. They have proven their worth in design and with the ability to control database driven site content in ways that were previously impossible. This entire site, for example, is CSS based, including the navigation menus at the top of the screen.
Figuring Out Style Sheets.. .
How should you group text content, and format headings and paragraphs? What are some of the compatibility issues, and what are the work-arounds? Just how much of the layout should be included in the style sheet, and should the styles be contained in separate sheets for distinct areas of the site? What constitutes an optimal use of CSS on a specific site?
This area of the site contains articles, notes, and links to other resources that will help you answer these questions. |
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Cascading Style Sheets - Style Sheets allow you to control the rendering, e.g. fonts, colors, leading, margins, typefaces, and other aspects of style, of a Web document without compromising its structure (+info)
Cascading Style Sheets Tutorials - A collection of a large number of tutorials on the use of style sheets for the web. (+info)
CSS in 7 Easy Steps - Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are a sign of the new internet. Almost everybody from Mom-&-Pop sites to Microsoft use Cascading Style Sheets to enhance their page (+info)
CSS: WebReference Articles - Cascading style sheets (CSS), when linked to an HTML document, define the properties of tag elements in that document (+info)
EVRSOFT: A developer resource - a fairly comprehensive collection of tools, articles, scripts, etc. (+info)
Guide To Cascading Style Sheets - A group of tips for dealing with cascading style sheets by the Web Design Group. (+info)
Microsoft Typography | CSS Gallery - These are artistic pages showing how some style sheet properties work in IE3. It is possible to use these effects and still make your pages work in non CSS browsers (+info)
Mulder's Stylesheets Tutorial - WebMonkey author gives a set of tutorials on using CSS (+info)
Reference Stylesheets Guide - Web Monkey CSS guidelines for the developer and designer (+info)
Source Forge - Open Source resource for PHP, MySQL, and more... (+info)
University of Minnesota CSS References - Tutorials: (General | Forms | Fonts | Inheritance & Specificity | Lists | Media | Positioning & Layout | Tables (data) | Selectors | Misc. Tutorials) | Browsers | Doctype | Comprehensive Sites | FAQs | Articles & Related Links
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W3C Cascading Style Sheets Reference - The authoritative site on CSS standards. (+info)
W3C CSS Validator - the standard for validating a CSS. (+info)
Web Developers Virtual Library - A great collection of essays, tutorials, tools, resources and forums on web developments for developers. (+info)
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