Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Matthew Ohlman wrote:
>
>
>> Brian Cummiskey wrote:
>>
>>> <snip>
>>> USE css classes or IDs, or gloabl elements.
>>>
>>> ie, instead of body bgcolor, use
>>>
>>> body { background-color: #ffffff; } in your css sheet.
>>>
>>> instead of font, use <span class="myclass">
>>> and
>>> .myclass { color: #ffffff; }
>>> for example.
>>>
> <big snip>
>
>
>> A good reference/tutorial to see this in more detail is W3Schools. You
>> can access the CSS tutorial at:
>>
>> http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_intro.asp
>>
>
> I'm afraid someone needs to remind that W3Schools is regarded as
> unreliable source of information by many experts. And this time, that
> someone seems to be me...
>
>
Not to beat a dead horse, but I agree with Jukka.
I was a wholly table-based designer and held on to that far too long.
Reading this list, books by the inimitable Mr. Meyer[1] and sites like
PIE[2] were and continue to be a great source of info. Personally, I
played a LOT with the first example in Meyer's "Eric Meyer on CSS" [3]
to get my teeth well cut on concepts and implementations in converting a
table-based site to CSS. I still refer to that book on a near-daily basis.
There's no doubt that CSS's strength is in it's complexity at
times...but taken as a formulaic, thought-through approach like any good
project should be, and it's the key to freedom in design and
accessibility *with* aesthetics!
That's my official .02 on the subject....from a far-from-expert
designer, loving CSS
~Ray
[1] meyerweb.com
[2] positioniseverything.net
[3] http://www.ericmeyeroncss.com/ &
http://www.peachpit.com/store/product.aspx?isbn=073571245X
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