Posted by westsidesally on 12/11/06 01:26

dorayme wrote:
> In article
> <1165797291.740966.299740@n67g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
> westsidesally@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >
> > Oh yeah, and does the format look different when you're creating a css
> > page to link as opposed to formating it in the head of the page?
>
> It does not have the <style...></style> bits, otherwise the same.
> The big point of hiving all off to a linked sheet is that this
> sheet then controls all the the html pages, change in one
> instructions affects all the html pages, you lose this power if
> you include the styles either inline or in the head.
>
> on the other hand, you gain if there are very few exceptions to
> the general styles in one or two pages - a small entry in the
> head of some styles just for those pages saves the head from
> having to be all church like and invent classes and ids to cover
> these cases in so few instances.
>
> --
> dorayme

Thank you! That's very good to know.

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