CSS?
Dawn Cox
What is a CSS?
That was my question before beginning this assignment. CSS is Cascading Style Sheets. These were developeed in response to the high number of html tags being created by internet explorer and netscape. These don't seem to be very popular yet but they are catching on. I loved the examples that were provided. They were very creative and seemed to really enhance the graphics on the page. CSS allows you to control the style and layout of multiple webpages at a time. The style shee can be like a partner I read to your HTML code. It will take care of the asthetics like layout, font, colors and overall look. This reminded me of the slide master function in powerpoint.
Who developed CSS?
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). They came up with CSS after constantly make HTML files that were so huge because you were constantly typing in the same tags.
Why use CSS?
You should use CSS to save time, have consistency throughout your webpage, you will have to type less codes, and updating the designs are faster making it more efficient to utilize. A well authored CSS can even ensure the ability of your webpage to be downloaded to PDAs and other portable devices that are becoming more and more common. Your download time for your pages can be up to fifty percent faster because there is less codes.
Relationship between ADA and CSS?
CSS is definately trying to bridge a relationship between it and ADA. CSS uses three different types of media that are created to adhear to ADA. They are Aural, Braile, and Emboss.
Three examples
I did not use CSS in my webpage design. I do know that is a possibility but I wasn't aware of it prior to this research. If I were to use it I would use it in the following areas:
a. I would use it to make all my webpages backgrounds consistent.
b. I would also use it to change my website layout maybe with the seasons. I have always wanted to have a website that changed frequently with seasons or even holidays but never found the time to change each page to incorporate all of the changes that would hav to be made. Now with CSS I can simply change the style and it will change all the pages!
c. I would use CSS to set the maximum size of a picture. I hate editing the picture to get it the right size on the page.
Disadvantages?
The only disadvantages of CSS were that some old versions of browser may not know how to render parts of CSS but I only found this by chance and not sure how much stock to put into it.
Other...
I loved the CSS zengarden. The style sheets were so eye catching. It made me want to enhance my own website or begin my web design for next school year already.
