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The Use of CSS in Website Design
by Fritz Conroy
Back in the old days of HTML, most attributes applied to text, page design, and fonts had to be done so inside the HTML code. This made for messy coding and also made it very time consuming and tedious to do changes to a website. Changes having to made to a large website was especially difficult because of having to go into each individual page to things like color changes, changing font style, and font size changes.
Several years back Cascading Style Sheets, know as CSS, was introduced into the website design world. This revolutionized the way that designers make and edit web pages. While the roots of CSS date back to the early to mid 90's (around 1993-94), the wide-spread use of it didn't really start showing much in websites until the late 90's and early 2000's. Of course it takes a little bit of time for technology to spread, although things spread much more faster today than they did fifteen years ago.
Modern day CSS is a combination of the work of several different individuals who knew their could be a more efficient way of designing and managing web pages. The main goal of CSS was and is to separate the actual content in a web page from the way it is shown in the browser. For example; font types, font colors, and font sizes are specified in style sheets instead of in the HTML (when CSS is used on a site).
The W3C maintains the rules and standards of modern CSS. Just like with any other computer language, there is a specific syntax and words that must be used in order for the style sheet to work correctly. The use of CSS has become increasingly popular through the years as more web developers and designers have discovered the advantages to using it. Once you learn how it can help you manage a website, you will never go back to the 'old-way' of designing sites. If you'd like to learn how to use style sheets, there are several books and better yet, online tutorials that can help teach you how to develop and apply it.
About the Author
Fritz Conroy is a graphics and website design professional in Pensacola, Florida. His company, TekNek Web Services, focuses on providing clients with unique and creative web design and related services. The company works with small to large business, as well as individuals.
Design Coding
The Poetic Prophet (AKA The SEO Rapper) is back with another marketing rap. This time he describes how web standards and proper design can affect the ranking and conversion of pages on your site.
lyrics:Your site design is the first thing people see
it should be reflective of you and the industry
easy to look at with a nice navigation
when you can't find what you want it causes frustration
a clear Call to action to increase the temptation
use appealing graphics they create motivation
if you have animation
use with moderation
cause search engines can't index the information
display the logos of all your associations
highlight your contact info that's an obligation
create a clean design you can use some decoration
but to try to prevent any client hesitation
every page that they click should provide and explanation
should be easy to understand like having a conversation
when you design the style go ahead and use your imagination
but make sure you use correct color combinations
do some investigation, look at other organizations
but don't duplicate or you might face a litigation
design done, congratulations but it's time to start construction
follow these instructions when you move into production
your photoshop functions then slice that design
do your layout with divs make sure that it's aligned
please don't use tables even though they work fine
when it come to indexing they give searches a hard time
make it easy for the spiders to crawl what you provide
remove font type, font color and font size
no background colors, keep your coding real neat,
tag your look and feel on a separate style sheet
better results with xml and css
now you making progress, a lil closer to success
describe your doctype so the browser can relate
make sure you do it great or it won't validate
check in all browsers, I do it directly
gotta make sure that it renders correctly
some use IE, some others use Flock
some use AOL, I use Firefox
title everything including links and images
don't use italics, use emphasis
don't use bold, please use strong
if you use bold that's old and wrong
when you use CSS, you page will load quicker
client satisfied like they eating on a snicker
they stuck on your page like you made it with a sticker
and then they convert now that's the real kicker
make you a lil richer, your site a lil slicker
design and code right man I hope you get the picture
what I'm telling you is true man it should be a scripture
if it's built right you'll be the pick of the litter
everyone will want to follow you like twitter
competition will get bitter and you'll shine like glitter
if you trying to grow your company will get bigger
design and code right man can you get with it
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