Posted by dorayme on 10/27/06 02:46

In article
<1161913431.163284.225340@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
"Ganesh" <ganeshjacharya@gmail.com> wrote:

> dorayme wrote:
> > Following Chaddy is not a bad idea - "Grab a template from
> > http://www.oswd.org/" - just convert the doc type and if you run
> > into problems ask here...
>
> I've been already doing that for a long time. I'd like to start with a
> new design from the scratch.
>
> I personally thought of the following steps.
>
> 1.) Create a simple HTML page with all the HTML elements.
> 2.) Write a css file with all the HTML elements present in it.
>
> So, is this a good idea?
>

It is an excellent idea (and one of its times, very modern) to at
least write an html page first. Don't use all the elements as
this will create a big headache for you. There are too many and
you should just use the ones you need to get the content of what
you want to put before the user.

For example, if all you want to say is a couple of things about
one main thing, an <h1>and a couple of <p>s should do you. If you
want to say a couple of things about a couple of things to do
with some one main thing, an <h1> and a couple of <h2>s and about
4 <p>s might suit.

As for what it will look like, yes, then write out a css sheet
and address the features you have in the html. For example, you
might want most people to see the main heading in the middle
somewhere, the subheadings somewhere left and the paragraphs with
some sort of font you fancy... all for the css.

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dorayme

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