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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