David Laakso wrote: > Samatason Ltd wrote: > >> I want to switch to CSS for laying out my websites but am very >> nervous I am >> doing it wrong! I wondered whether anyone might have a moment to >> check out >> my first efforts to see if I am on the right lines! >> >> > I know that feeling. > >> The page is at http://www.samatason.co.uk/clients/tc/ >> And the css is at http://www.samatason.co.uk/clients/tc/css/tc.css >> >> > I think you are on the right track, Chris. > Some food for thought: > FWIW, a rule of thumb check for the structural stability of a page is > that it should hold without text overlap or breaking at 200%. Placing > something movable-- text, on top of something static-- images, does > not work well on the Web. When the fonts are zoomed, the test overlaps > as in the left column; or, in the case of the green column, the white > text, disappears(overflows the container) and is white on white. > Knocking type out of a block of color(the red) is difficult for those > of us at 1400, as it is not zoomable. Additionally, the fonts are not > zoomable in IE, as she can't zoom pixel based fonts. Try font-size > 100.01% on the body, leaving the *content text* selector at default > (not-stated, 100%, 1em, or medium). The white on green suffers not > only from being too small, but weak in contrast. It would be a good > idea to validate the markup when you can get to it... > >> Also can I ask if it's best to create a separate external css file >> for every >> page (to allow for the possible variations in page layout) or to keep >> to a >> single site wide css file? >> >> > I suppose one sheet for the entire site, if the site is as simple(I > mean that in a nice way) as your page is now. Complex sites that do > not work abound the Web. Simple ones that work are too few and far > between. Hang in there. You'll do just fine. > >> >> Chris Maiden >> > Best, > ~dL >
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