Building my first CSS page..

ecntrc · 12-09-2005

yes, how pathetic.. I have a degree in web design and I dont know how to build one. I know how to edit one but not build one. Im looking at articles and tutorials and things like that but im confused. Im building my site in PS and im going to slice it.. do I still need a CSS or would it be good to have one or no need?

supafly · 12-09-2005

I dunno depends what sort of site you are going for as css is good for most things even if you ain't using it to positon your divs if u get what i mean?

ecntrc · 12-09-2005

Well if you look at the showroom thread I have posted what my current layout will look like. Im not sure if I should use CSS or not.

supafly · 12-10-2005

well you could use layers that scroll and just use css to control the look of text and links all though you can use css for the scrolling layers as well as css is such a versitle thing! (haha I'm just loving css now I know how to use it propperly)

are you gonna be using anything like dreamwever?

Oh and You have probbably come across this site but http://www.w3schools.com/ is a REALLY good place to read up on css and other things

ecntrc · 12-10-2005

yeah ill probably just use the css for the fonts and things like that.. thanks

London · 12-11-2005

Yeah I know how you feel, a degree in this stufff don't mean one knows what they're doing, I got one year of uni to go and I have to say, if I relied on what we've only learnt at uni I'd really suck at this. I bet you can still get a job over someone that has the experience but no qualification, hence the reason why I decided to go back to university.

To answer your question, if it's a whole CSS layout yes you would need it, CSS layout can be so confusing if you've always designed in tables, i.e slice it up in PS and lay it out with tables, my latest website, I wanted to do the whole XHTML/CSS layout but it had too many bug, I just scrapped it.

Even if it's not a whole CSS layout (tableless) you still need CSS to make things look neat/uniformed etc.

ecntrc · 12-17-2005

Im just going to use CSS for the fonts and colors.. Im going to slice my site up in PS and go through dreamweaver.. Im half way done.. i think im going to start building the CSS file right now..

j3ll3 · 12-20-2005

How does your code looks like then, when you slice it up.

If you are going to make a static site, use xHTML. It's like HTML, but combined with XML. It's a more cleaner and correct way of making your pages.

Also use CSS for your layout, it's the only way of making your layout. Please don't use tables! They are not designed for such thing.
http://www.hotdesign.com/seybold/

Validate also your xHTML and CSS.

Have fun.
If you have troubles, try looking here:
http://www.w3schools.com/

ecntrc · 12-21-2005

I only use tables in my pages not to build my site. well haha would that be the same thing.. but anyways, im trying to get my css file to work for all my content pages, how do i get or what would i use to get like.. hmm.. if i would put it in a p (paragraph) id put p { and so on.. since my content is in tables to ensure alignment, would it be td { blah blah blah but i did that and it didnt work.. what could i do to get it to work??

j3ll3 · 12-21-2005

Well if you want to add some style to a table, you need indeed the tr, td and table properties in your CSS.
You can also put an id to a table (<table id="blabla">)
That should normally do the trick.

But you can also give your text a place without tables

I think it's easier and cleaner that way.