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Paula
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Implementation? - 11/18/2003 0:41:49
Hi everybody. I've been avoiding this for quite a while now and I feel like I've got to start working with CSS more. I've been doing a lot of study on the subject and the one thing that I seem to not be able to "get" is how to implement CSS on my existing websites. I've gotten a pretty good understanding of the basics, I've been playing with Topstyle some and learning a lot. But when I sit down to actually work on one of my sites to change it over, I find myself at a loss. I don't know how to begin. Does anyone know of a step by step demonstration of this? or would any of you here that are really good at CSS consider writing a tutorial on the subject? 
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RE: Implementation? - 11/18/2003 11:07:40
Possibly the articles here will get you started.
CSS - Step by Step
I would start with just one part of your site using styles, and I suggest eliminating the "font" tag. To me that is the most obvious thing when looking at a web page, and the one thing that will make a big time-saver for you. So make your stylesheet, using TopStyle if you have it, link it to your pages, and then go through your site, eliminating the font tag wherever you've used it.
Once you've done that, you can add another area to work with.
Hope this helps. If not, post your questions.
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RE: Implementation? - 11/18/2003 11:24:28
I can't believe it took me an hour and a half to write my previous post. *S*
Actually I had to go and make some coffee and have breakfast etc. etc.
At any rate, Jesper beat me to it.
As another note to his suggestions, you might try removing the formatting this way:
1. open your backup site - the one you're going to test with, and not the original.
2. open one of the pages - might as well start with the index page.
3. Edit>Select All
4. Format>Remove Formatting
That should remove all the font tags for example, as well as some other things you may have set., such as a style set within a paragraph. I noticed when I just did some testing in FrontPage that I had some indent set within the paragraph tags which disappeared also, but those also belong in the stylesheet eventually so with your learning to use css, it is probably a good thing that they disappear. *S*
5. attach/link your stylesheet. I've never used the linker addin from Jimco, but if it is from Jimco, I'm sure it is a good one.
6. Take a look at the page in a browser - the normal view and the preview mode in FP most likely will not accurately show the styles you've set.
Do some changes to your stylesheet, just so you can see how the whole page will change at once, instead of having to do each paragraph one at a time.
Nancy
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RE: Implementation? - 11/18/2003 13:50:29
Thanks Jesper for the tutorial suggestions. *S* Why oh why can't we have browsers that follow specs?
Speaking of "future proof" -- aren't inline styles being deprecated? I'm suffering from "internesia" today - I know I saw this somewhere in the Internet, but can't remember where.
Thanks,
Nancy
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RE: Implementation? - 11/18/2003 14:26:20
Thanks Deb, Jesper and Nancy! I haven't had time yet to read the tutorial you listed Nancy, but it looks like it might be very helpful. The "step by steps" were very helpful indeed and thank you both for taking the time to do that. It seems more reasonable now. I think I was overwhelmed trying to figure out where to start. Thanks again.
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