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Peppergal Posts: 2207 Joined: 9/20/2002 Status: offline	CSS Content.... - 10/9/2003 19:17:42 I was wondering...can I do some kind of "includes" with just CSS? can I set up a layout and determine its contents with an external style sheet? Does this make sense? Basically...what you can do with includes, can you do it with just css? _____________________________ Northeast PA / Poconos/ Lake Wallenpaupack Real Estate wallenpaupacklakeproperty.com Karen's Real Estate Blog

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RE: CSS Content.... - 10/9/2003 20:09:26

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Basically...what you can do with includes, can you do it with just css?

No - includes are part of the page, elements, or components, whichever term you are happiest with :-)

As such they are subect to the style sheet or sheets that determines how page elements are presented.

Think of it this way:

HTML = structure, content.

CSS = presentation.

SSI = prebuilt standard "black box" HTML that I slot in wherever I want and know that it will be the same on all pages that it is slotted into.

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can I set up a layout and determine its contents with an external style sheet?

Yes. but tread carefully. You can create a style sheet that says in effect:

"All page elements of such and such a type are to go here on the page."

- This is positioning. It can be tricky especially as not all browsers properly support it yet.

Of course you can and also for purely stylistic matters say:

"All page elements of such and such a type are to look like this on the page."

That said - go here:

www.bignosebird.com and read their tutorial on includes.

The outfront tutorials are also excellent.

Then consider the fact that to make changes to every page on a site that you could be in a situation of only ever having to alter.

1) The includes themselves (This is for things you want through out your site such as a nav bar, a page footer giving contact details etc)

2) A central stylesheet.

It is well worth investing time and effort in learning these two techniques as you will save yourself massive amounts of effort when it comes to updating sites.

Much depends on circumstances. Sometimes a table based design is the only solution. Sometimes a mix of tableless layout and tabular data. Sometimes a "pure CSS" layout where there is no tablular data involved.

W Von H.

< Message edited by gorilla -- 10/9/2003 8:15:23 PM >

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Peppergal Posts: 2207 Joined: 9/20/2002 Status: offline	RE: CSS Content.... - 10/9/2003 22:33:31 Thanks...I was afraid of that. I'm trying to get a real grip on CSS and thought I could kill two birds with one stone. Without having someone right here showing me step by step what to do, it takes me a long time to muddle thru and learn it my own...I never was able to learn by just reading and trying...I often had to see it in action FIRST and then the light bulb comes on.... I was hoping I could have a style sheet that said this div always has this content (like navigation) this div always has this content (banner, etc...) Oh well! Thanks for your help and for the links, again! _____________________________ Northeast PA / Poconos/ Lake Wallenpaupack Real Estate wallenpaupacklakeproperty.com Karen's Real Estate Blog (in reply to gorilla)


gorilla Posts: 2974 From: Denmark Status: offline	RE: CSS Content.... - 10/10/2003 13:26:58 quote: ORIGINAL: Peppergal I often had to see it in action FIRST and then the light bulb comes on.... The course here: http://www.w3schools.com/ lets you type in and preview This (free) tool style assistant: http://www.styleassistant.de/scrnshot.htm also has a preview it is very good and is very recommended for new css users as a teaching tool by the gorilla group we use it in our courses all the time. you can download it here: http://www.styleassistant.de/download.htm do not let the fact that it is a german site and the page is in German discourage you. The program is in English W _____________________________ Mh�ircaish Signature self-censored to protect the sensibilities of the thin-skinned . May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. � Dwight D. Eisenhower (in reply to Peppergal)

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