In the following examples, anything in this typeface, vardana, size of 1 and dark red is regular text with a style applied via a markup tag.

The headline below uses a CSS Style of Verdana, 24 pixels, Bold, with a background and a border

Cascading Style sheets

The paragaph below uses a CSS Style of Times, 12 pixels, normal, static positioning

body copy: Complete a comprehensive search on the internet related to the implications of the Internet and impact on societal communication and entertainment. You should be able to discuss the future trends and effects of internet communications on society at large. Prepare a one to two page paper that covers the main topics in the history of the internet. Email these to me as an attachment or copied into the body of a mail message.

The benefit of a Cascading Style Sheet is that it will allow youto apply a set of type and layout attributes in the same fashion you would in programs like Quark Express or Adobe Indesign. This allows the designer to apppy a style to any nmuber of elements en masse with out havingto indiviudually select and modify each one individually! For large sites, just as in large documents, you can make changes to entire bloccks of copy you can applly the a style to any set of pieces that you add to to a page. The controls and ease of use make the style sheet a valuable tool!

There are two ways to store the CSS information on the site. The CSS can be stored in the dcoument - it is placed before the body tag at the top of the HTML code. The second way to store the CSS info is to create a separate document with all the CSS info in it. You do not need to worry about how to do this! Dreamweaver handles all of it for you. for large sites it is preferrable to use a separate document.This will keep the size of you HTML pages smaller. since you CSS data will only need to be in one location. If you set up the CSS inside the current document, then the CSS is applied to the current page and the data will exist in each page in the site. And of course this make each file larger. Maintainance amy also become an issue since you may have to apply the chagnes to many pages within the site.

In the case of the sites you creat for this class, youprobably do not need to setup a spearate document for the CSS.

These are control when you first set up the CSS. In the dialog box see image below:

If you define a "new style sheet file," you will give this a name and this must be uploaded. you would need to select the "include dependent files when you upload to ensure your styles are visible in the browser!