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To CSS or not to CSS?

That, is the quetion!

         

rintrah

4:47 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



I've been browsing this forum in desperation to find a definitive answer to whether its wise to incorporate CSS into pages, but can find strong articles for both sides of this issue.

Anyone have the last word on this?

DaveN

4:49 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

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YES and that is definitive answer !

Dave

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4:52 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member



Use CSS. It is a no-brainer as far as I can see. You don't have to go for the table-less layout - you can just use them to style your elements.

You'll get rid of font tags and the like - this will save you bandwidth - which will save you money.

You can also change everything in just one file should you want to make your text green or your links yellow - this will save you time - your time.

Your users won't have to wait for all the font tags etc to download - they'll just have to wait for the content. This will speed up page loading and keep the 5% who can't wait two extra seconds for your pages to load on your site. This will make you money.

Something that saves you money AND time while leaving the quality unaffected (improved even) and making you more money can only be good.

Quinn

4:53 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Yeah I don't see any disadvantages here. The amount of traffic I get from browsers that aren't compatible does not outweigh the advantages of CSS.

rintrah

4:58 pm on May 30, 2003 (gmt 0)

10+ Year Member



Good points. Thanks all!