| CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. We all know | | | | One of the other great advantages of CSS coming |
| that acronyms are very trendy in the internet world. | | | | from separating the design and code elements of |
| That is why we have AJAX, psd, and png among | | | | your site is that your site becomes more search |
| others. However CSS stands out among the others | | | | engine friendly. We all know that search engine |
| because it now represents the gold standard for | | | | robots read text and text only. So how do you get |
| web page design. Risk ignoring it at your own peril. | | | | all those beautiful images and graphics on your site |
| Gone are the days of designing web pages in table | | | | and remain search engine friendly? CSS. Search |
| format. CSS is here, and it represents the current | | | | engines also look at the amount of code on your site |
| and future in web page design. Why?? | | | | relative to the amount of content. If you have lots |
| CSS allows the designer to separate the key | | | | of code relative to the amount of content, the |
| elements of a web page, the content and the design, | | | | search engine will not like you. Using an external CSS |
| from each other. CSS defines the appearance and | | | | file gives you plenty of content relative to the |
| location of the tags, classes and divs within your web | | | | amount of code because all of your design code is |
| pages. CSS contains the design elements of the | | | | stored in a separate file. That is why table based |
| page, and the HTML (or other programming language) | | | | web design is no longer. If you are still designing using |
| contains the content. This allows the web developer | | | | tables or you are using a designer that uses tables |
| amazing freedom to change the design without | | | | and you want organic (free) search engine traffic, |
| having to wade through mountains of code. A simple | | | | start again! |
| alteration to the CSS file will allow the published web | | | | One of the other great advantages of CSS is that it |
| page to be altered quickly and easily. Gone are the | | | | is relatively easy to learn. Just a little experience and |
| bad old days when the design and code use to be | | | | away you go. Popular programs like Dreamweaver by |
| interwoven and to change the design meant wading | | | | Adobe allow you to write CSS easily, or just a simple |
| through large amounts of code and changing each | | | | text editor will do just fine. You can also download |
| individual element of the page. | | | | plugins for your browser that allows you to view and |
| CSS is usually contained in a separate file which is | | | | even switch off the CSS on files that you are |
| then linked to the web page. A single CSS file can be | | | | viewing so that you can see how the page is |
| linked to multiple web pages allowing you to | | | | constructed. This is a great way to start to learn |
| customise the appearance of your site or sites | | | | CSS. |
| through the use of a single CSS file. Changing the | | | | So, why use CSS. I hope I have more than |
| appearance of your sites can be as simple as linking a | | | | answered that question. Customise the appearance |
| new CSS file or editing the existing CSS file. If you | | | | of your sites quickly and easily. Change the |
| have a seasonal business and you want seasonal | | | | appearance of your sites just as quickly and easily. |
| themes for your sites you can have a different CSS | | | | Become more search engine friendly. And why would |
| file for each season. Create a Christmas CSS file and | | | | you not want to use the gold standard for web |
| when the time is right update the link for your CSS | | | | design anyway. |
| file and have a Christmas theme on your whole site | | | | CSS. Cascading Style Sheets for Constructing Super |
| in just a few minutes. | | | | Sites. |