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Alternate methods to replace a complete area on multiple web pages?

Hi, I'm an artist new to webpage layout and am working with Dreamweaver CS3 - is the include file method described in the previous article an alternative to using DW template files (.dwt) and if so, does it have any advantages? Also, a number of people keep telling me that nowadays everyone uses CSS to create webpages - can I use CSS to replace a complete area of multiple web pages (and is it fairly staightforward for a noob :o)?

Thanks,

Steve

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adamalter

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I am Adam Alter !

Yes, you need to convert to css for easy mass changes to layout and content and even better, css with a cms. The way css works is you create the framework of your pages in one stylesheet. Then you reference it on each page you want to utilize that layout and integrate and images and content into it.

I believe you can do it with Dreamweaver, but I don't use DW. There are a few sites explaining it such as http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMArticle.asp?ID=538

There may be a bit of a learning curve, but css is worth it to make things faster and more organized as well as faster loading for your traffic in many cases.

Posted 2009-08-07T15:09:46Z

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WakiDay

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A very common solution is to use an external CSS file. A good way to understand the concept is to install the Web Developer add-in for Firefox.

The area that you want to control is in a div tag which looks like <div> stuff inside the div tag </div>.

A common use is any web page that has a printer friendly version. The original page has banner ads or menus or clutter. The printer friendly version eliminates the clutter and probably resizes the margins.

There are dozens of CSS tutorials.

http://www.google.com/#hl=en&q=css+tutorials+for+beginners&aq=1&oq=css+tut&aqi=g10&fp=flbC24gbdiA

The authoritative source is W3Schools

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=gmail&rls=gm&q=w3schools%20css

- CarlD