Posted by kchayka on 05/03/06 02:06

Jose wrote:
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> And as far as I can read and see, CSS is not ready for prime time.

Sure it is, you just have to know how to use it properly. Accept what
it can and cannot do and give up the notion that the author has any
real control over what the visitor sees.

> Although the intent of separating structure and presentation is
> laudable, CSS seems to break too easily.

That usually happens when people do silly things like absolutely
position everything on a page, thinking it will "force" the visitor to
see things the deezyner's way. Such attempts are almost always doomed
to failure.

CSS can be misused in other ways, too, such as by newbies who haven't
yet learned the box model or how different positioning methods really
work. Ignorance often leads to setting conflicting properties in an
attempt to make something "work", and broken layouts.

CSS takes time to learn, and lots of practice. Don't give up on it
without giving it a fair shake, eh? Get some well-tested templates to
study, for a start, such as at:
<URL:http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=CssLayouts>

There are also a huge number of examples that are posted in usenet, in
this group and at comp.infosystems.www.authoring.stylesheets. You'll
learn loads just by lurking in these groups. And read the specs or a
book that further helps explain what's going on. You'll get it if you
work at it, but it *does* take work.

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