Questions on CSS & XHTML
I’ve just read your post on using css & xhtml, Jewel. Great reading & some great links too. Yesterday I began seriously reading about php & using it with html. I am very interested in learning php. Glad you are keeping us up on all of this & leading the way. You have really grasped all this techno stuff so well. Thank you because it makes it so much easier for me to get into new things if I have somewhere to go & find out things— hassle free. 
Until I have my new modem & a little more time, would you give me an example of something that is done using css? For instance, are color changing mouse overs css? or 
Just curious here.
Nikki
16th March 2005 at 23:35
Well it is funny you should mention css nikki, as I have just been tidying up my css stylesheet. CSS controls all the fonts, colors and positioning of everything you see on the site, really. Whereas we used to use tables and font tags in our html, now we use divs (boxes) and lists to hold our content, and put all our font information in the css. Whether it is bold, verdana, italic, what size it is, what color is our text, what color is the background of the page, are we using a background image, where our logo goes- all of this is controlled by css.
For example this page is divided into a header (where the logo and nav is), a footer (at the bottom for copyright stuff) a sidebar, (for all the links) and a page (index) for the middle bit. Each of these are separate php pages, but the layout of them is set using css.
Have a look at my stylesheet here, to give you an idea of how much the css does.
JWG Stylesheet
It is a lot to take in at first, but the best way to learn is to go and find a sample layout you can use (template), and make your changes as you go along. It is quite difficult to sit and write a stylesheet with a blank piece of paper, so to speak.
Most of the links in the articles will be able to explain better and in more detail.
17th March 2005 at 23:53
Nikki
22nd March 2005 at 23:08
I’m steadily getting there, planning on doing a css layout for Performing Zone, but editing a template to get started. I already use stylesheets a lot and know quite a bit but nothing about div layouts et al, so hope to get into that soon. I am going to be using a lot more css in the doll layout I have planned too, certainly using css to code the link, font, bgr tags etc for the new layout, so looking forward to getting that finished
Thanks for being an inspiration and sorry not been on lately, been feeling down and tired/stressed from too much on at work, so hopefully can relax for a few weeks before I start back for exam period, performances and moving house
Oh joy!
Love n Hugs Kerry xx
24th March 2005 at 00:03
Dont worry about not being around, Kerry. As we all know only too well, life often gets in the way of our online time…
I wont be as pro-active here myself for a while, as I have loads of projects to do for college and need to get stuck into them now the Easter holidays have arrived, (we finish college tomorrow for 3 weeks, but I have a lot to get through in that time).
Now that the new blog launch is out of the way, I will be able to just pop in and post articles and answer comments as time permits, but in the summer I will be able to really get stuck into more techie stuff which I am looking forward to.
So, you take it easy, and put your feet up for a week or so.
I will still be around to help if I can in the summer, when hopefully we will both have a little more free time.