Posted by Neredbojias on 10/04/58 11:44

To further the education of mankind, "Bill" <fred_barney@bigmailbox.net>
declaimed:

> I'm learning web design and have a few questions.
>
> I started out with Front Page 2003 and then discovered css. Front
> Page has some support but it's all inline. I jumped to Dreamweaver
> which supports css separete sheets but seems to prefer putting the css
> code in directly on the page. Seems to me that other than some one
> time only section that most if not all of the css code should be on a
> seperate sheet, after all isn't that the reason for css in the first
> place, to seperate content from style??

The advantage to separate style sheets is that they can apply to multiple
pages. Head-section-ensconced css is not wrong but it may not be optimal
for a particular situation. Inline css is not wrong, either, but should
probably be avoided where possible in the interests of clarity and
utility.

> I guess what I'm asking is what is the correct way to apply css to a
> web page. Is it just personal preference or is there a more
> technically correct way. Mainly what I'm intested in is having
> minimum non-content on the html page so that if it is 'viewed' with
> something other than a graphical browser, something like a browser
> that 'speaks' the page for a blind person, it still can get the basic
> info across. Does anyone know how those kind of browsers handle
> inline or on page css code??

See above.

> Another question I have is how I should handle the content itself. Is
> there anything out there that can tell me what should be an h1 vs h2,
> etc.... I mean is it top down like an outline or do the tags
> h1,h2,h3, etc just really relate to the items look. I was wondering
> if they made a difference with different browsers.

The more semantically-correct the markup, the better it is. Using <hn>
tags can be a bit of an art but certainly one that is intuitively easy to
master.

> One last question on css. If I'm looking for 'pure' content in the
> html code should I really be using <br> to break up content in a
> paragraph or would it be more correct to use a div with a setting in
> the style sheet?

If general content of a paragraph really needs a lf/cr, <br> is quite
acceptable. Formatted content may require other means.

> Inquiring minds want to know.....

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Neredbojias
Infinity can have limits.

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