The Lillster Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Hello, I want to build a new website, in the past i've used photoshop to design the site, then cut it up into tables. However tables are not very good for design purposes and css is a good alternative. But I don't have much experiance with css especially using it to design more elegant looking websites. So if anyone has a link to a forum or website which deals with this kind of thing please tell me and also of any good books on this subject. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 CSS is certainly an excellent way to code websites. Currently a combination of XHTML and CSS are still the norm for making smart and efficient websites. I would summarise CSS as this: instead of giving variables to all your tables, fonts, divs... everything, you simply point them all to a .css file, which contains all the information on sizes, colours, backgrounds, link types, etc etc. but CSS is not difficult to learn at all. I would start at http://www.w3schools.com/Css/default.asp - find some free webspace and practice practicing is the easiest way to figure out how what you're coding is working. Alternatively a coding program like dreamweaver can do it all for you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lillster Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Thanks mate, but I already understand the simple css stuff. I want to know stuff like creating replacing tables with css sort of thing. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty Posted April 7, 2008 Share Posted April 7, 2008 Ohh right. Sorry, misunderstanding. Well, you need to get a handle on Divs, this page explains it quite well http://www.vordweb.co.uk/css/replacing-tables.htm remember, the biggest issue with replacing tables with CSS is that you will have to check that it works in all browsers, since there's a lot of incompatibility issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lillster Posted April 7, 2008 Author Share Posted April 7, 2008 Thanks for the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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