What is CSS?

VodaHost · #1 09-13-2006, 09:52 AM

CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets
Styles define how to display HTML elements
Styles are normally stored in Style Sheets
Styles were added to HTML 4.0 to solve a problem
External Style Sheets can save you a lot of work
External Style Sheets are stored in CSS files
Multiple style definitions will cascade into one

bitznbats · #2 09-23-2006, 04:56 PM

and in English that means????????????

FPRob · #3 09-24-2006, 12:44 PM

Hi Bitz.

CSS is a way of programming additional styles into your web pages. It was basically invented to overcome limitations with HTML programming and it is constantly being developed to incorporate additional elements.

The style sheet is the page where all your new programming will go, it will then be called by a line on each of your HTML pages which basically says "look at my style sheet and use the styling options that i have listed there".

Styles can also be added directly to each web page or added directly to individual elements on the web page. This is where the word cascading comes in....

If you apply a style to say... a hyperlink on your page... then that instruction will be followed, if there are no styles applied then the styles in the head of each page will be followed. If there are no styling instructions listed there then it will cascade up further to the style sheet.

Using style sheets allows for altering various parts of your design very easily. If your menu (for example) colours are defined in a style sheet and you want to change the colour then it need only be changed on the one single style sheet and all the pages on your site will follow that instruction instead of having to alter the colour instructions on each page individually.

Ivanhoe30 · #4 09-24-2006, 03:32 PM

Plus you can do a lot more stuff with CSS than HTML.

VodaHost · #5 09-24-2006, 07:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FPRob

Hi Bitz.

CSS is a way of programming additional styles into your web pages. It was basically invented to overcome limitations with HTML programming and it is constantly being developed to incorporate additional elements.

The style sheet is the page where all your new programming will go, it will then be called by a line on each of your HTML pages which basically says "look at my style sheet and use the styling options that i have listed there".

Styles can also be added directly to each web page or added directly to individual elements on the web page. This is where the word cascading comes in....

If you apply a style to say... a hyperlink on your page... then that instruction will be followed, if there are no styles applied then the styles in the head of each page will be followed. If there are no styling instructions listed there then it will cascade up further to the style sheet.

Using style sheets allows for altering various parts of your design very easily. If your menu (for example) colours are defined in a style sheet and you want to change the colour then it need only be changed on the one single style sheet and all the pages on your site will follow that instruction instead of having to alter the colour instructions on each page individually.

Well Said General

FPRob · #6 09-25-2006, 04:25 AM

thanks vh

sameer · #7 11-13-2006, 03:24 AM

as said above, css stands for cascading stylesheets

there are 3 types of stylesheets, namely:
1) inline css
2) embedded css
3) external css

1) inline css - in is that type of css which is in the html codes of an html document, like between different html tags.

2) embedded css - these css are embedded within an html document before the body tags. the css required for a particular html document are put before the <body> tags.

3) external css - this is the most popularly used type of css used now a days. all the necessary css are coded in an external file with a ".css" extension. then as an when required it is called in any required html file.

external css are overridden by an embedded css and and embedded css is overridden by an inline css this is why they are called as css or cascading style sheets.

ciao

motoxxx · #8 11-23-2006, 02:18 AM

Can somebody please help me???????

I need to create Go Menu that can be crawled the the search engines.....How can I do this? I have seen a couple of sites that can do this and I read somewhere that if you use CSS you can have a dropdown menu that can be crawled by the search engines.

I have done some testing with a search engine sim and I can see that some body knows how to do it but the BV dropdown isn't crawlable.

I really need to be able to do this for sales reasons on some new sites I am putting together.

Thanks

sameer · #9 11-23-2006, 01:24 PM

hello motoxxx, i do not believe that css drop downmenu is not crawlable by any particular search eninges. :)

Karen Mac · #10 11-25-2006, 05:33 PM

moto,

solution would be to use html footer links duplicating your menu for the se to crawl.

Karen

sameer · #11 11-26-2006, 04:05 AM

for the dropdown menuz u can also use dhtml ;)

Lflagg · #12 05-08-2008, 01:47 AM

i dont even know how to start with this CSS phenomenon!! where should i start????? im using BV.

i downloaded some templates and then.... and then i dont know what else to do!! LOL. and if not using a template can i do my own page design and tehn use it as a template? and if so, how do i do that???

i downloaded the trial for dreamweaver, but i like BV better....

any help please? if u dont mind and have some time, can u give me the step by step?

as u can see im so lost here.....

thanks a lot!!!

zuriatman · #13 05-12-2008, 12:10 AM

Hi,

If you want to use CSS then you have to learn CSS.

Here is a link where you can learn more.

LadyEye · #14 05-13-2008, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lflagg

i dont even know how to start with this CSS phenomenon!! where should i start????? im using BV.

i downloaded some templates and then.... and then i dont know what else to do!! LOL. and if not using a template can i do my own page design and tehn use it as a template? and if so, how do i do that???

i downloaded the trial for dreamweaver, but i like BV better....

any help please? if u dont mind and have some time, can u give me the step by step?

as u can see im so lost here.....

thanks a lot!!!

Hi .. if you are using blue voda and like it, stick with it. If you have downloaded any of voda hosts templates, you insert them as an image on your page and you can save as a template to begin each and everyone of your pages with .. Now this does depend on the type of template that you have downloaded though, if it is another type then the instructions and the software required for each template is generally listed.
There are many tutorials found on this forum for using the blue voda website builder. If you need specific help with an area, be sure to ask.

waveripper · #15 09-05-2008, 09:58 PM

I would be VERY VERY grateful to know if I can import a CSS - like an html?

How can I do this?

I love BV and there are so many beautiful CSS templates and I would love to use one. No offense - but the BV templates are ugly.

Any help is GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!

karenwms63 · #16 Yesterday, 09:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by waveripper

I would be VERY VERY grateful to know if I can import a CSS - like an html?

How can I do this?

I love BV and there are so many beautiful CSS templates and I would love to use one. No offense - but the BV templates are ugly.

Any help is GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!

It depends on your ability as to whether or not you can do this...Vodahost does not limit you on this aspect...and most make their own BV "templates" instead of using what is offered. The only limits, (besides the "obvious violations" of the TOS of Vodahost), are your own limits. And, if you do enough searching and reading in this community forum...along with outside learning sources, the possibilities are ENDLESS.

P.S. And what you can't do....Well, there are many people here willing to help you with that...according to your budget.

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