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1. Re: Background color not applying to selection
Nancy O. Feb 5, 2011 3:18 PM (in response to mikec82)Table based layouts are inefficient and very labor intensive when style changes are required. You should stay clear of Templates that rely on tables and use a CSS Layout instead.
Example: http://alt-web.com/TEMPLATES/2-column-fixed-width-template.shtml
Modern web designers create a site wide, cascading style sheet (CSS) linked to each HTML page. And then they use plain HTML markup for content. By keeping your styles separate from content, you can effectively re-style your entire site by editing only 1 file instead of 20 or 30.
To get a glimpse of what CSS can do for you, visit CSS Zen Garden. Each site page contains identical markup but radically different CSS code.
Then work through this 2-part tutorial:
From Tables to CSS Web Design Part 1 -
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/table_to_css_pt1.htmlFrom Tables to CSS Web Design Part 2 -
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/dreamweaver/articles/table_to_css_pt2.htmlHave fun!
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media Specialists
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2. Re: Background color not applying to selection
mikec82 Feb 5, 2011 4:48 PM (in response to Nancy O.)Thank you so much again - after some research apparently my page was already a css page, I just had never used the style sheet! It will take some work to get rid of the background-colors I "painted" over the style sheet, but from then on, I am really looking forward to the change!


