Hello Shel, Friday, March 26, 2004, 11:09:24 AM, you wrote:
SB> Leon Altoff wrote: >> >> On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 08:14:47 +0200, Dr E D F Williams wrote: >> >> >1) Keep it simple and use a style sheet, >> >> I like the idea of style sheets, but Internet Explorer version 6 does >> not fully support them - specifically you can use style sheets to >> create frame like pages that aren't actually frames, but IE won't >> display them correctly. I spent hours trying to find what was wrong >> with my code before I finally found this bit of information out SB> Well, if IE6 doesn't support 'em, why the hell should I use SB> 'em if the idea is to make the content readily available to SB> as many people as possible. CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) are a very good idea, to separate the content form the formatting. You just write your HTML plain simple, just headers, paragraphs, links, etc. Then you write CSS (I prefer to keep it in a separate file, but you can put it inside the .html file) and specify how should it look like. All the fancy look, green links, yellow headers, font types and sizes, paragraph alignment spacing, in a word all the layout of the page. The good thing is, if you want to change the layout later, you don't have to touch the content at all. The trick is, as Leon wrote "Internet Explorer version 6 does not fully support them". Note here the word "fully". You can find various tables on the net about which browser support which CSS tag, but it's best to test it out for yourself. If you find a tag which the browser doesn't support, or you don't like the result, then don't use that tag. Also it is a good idea to test at least with IE and Mozilla. For Mac users, ask Cotty which browser they use:) (I know very little about Macs.) If you need help with CSS or HTML, contact me offlist, I'll do the best I can. Please have a look at these links: The CSS homepage: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ it's rather technical, but don't be scared, you don't have to read the whole thing, just take a look at (you may read it later, if you want to master CSS). CSS primer: http://wendypeck.com/css101.html to make an idea what CSS is all about. CSS tutorial: http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp is a good place to start, with examples. http://www.css-discuss.org/ is a great resource:) SB> Still not sure what Java script is and what benefit it may SB> offer. Doesn't seem like something I want unless it's SB> needed for some specific function that I'm not aware of. Well, if you don't know what it is for, then you really don't need it:) JavaScript is a scripting language developed by Netscape to add interactivity to web documents, such as live clocks, rollover effects, scrollers, form validations, etc. JavaScript differs from most other programming languages in that it is relatively easy to master, even for people who have absolutely no programming experiences whatsoever. I wouldn't call it a 'programming language', after all, it's just scripting:) If you like to keep things simple, I think you don't really need JavaScript. If you are curios, you can find dozens of examples and tutorials on the net. Attila
