Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 10/30/06 01:06

Ganesh wrote:

> Well, how can i make the website look good as well then. :(
> Do you know a sample website that looks great as well.

Design/beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The design should also fit
the purpose of the web site. It can be as flashy or as dull as you care
to make it.

This site of mine is neither flashy nor dull, and I think suits the
purpose of what is intended, without overpowering the visitor.
http://countryrode.com/

All layout and formatting is controlled by the CSS.

> Is http://www.csszengarden.com/ according to you?

That site is an exercise to demonstrate what can be done with CSS. It is
not an example to follow for a regular site.

> you wrote:
>> color: #993300; <-- no background color assigned
>
> So is it said that one should not use colors either?

It is not said. Use all the color you want. I said you assigned no
*background* color with your font (foreground) color. You can get into
trouble by not assigning both, because a visitor may have assigned their
own background color, which may wipe out your foreground.

Consider I may have set my background color to black. You assign a
foreground font color of black. Now I can't see your text. You need to
assign a background of white or something near-white to go with your
black text. (This has nothing to do with CSS, by the way.)

--
-bts
-Motorcycles defy gravity; cars just suck

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