Guess I'm a total newbie- css and layers help

[faltered]

Ok, well I thought I at least knew what css and layers were, but after doing some serious reading I think I've only served to confuse myself.

I thought css were applied merely to fonts? You can dictate size, color, underlining, etc. The good thing about using css is that you can change your entire site by just changing your styles. Is that right?

And layers- well I'm using DWMX. I thought layers were those things under the "Insert Layout Object-layers" tab and look like little boxes. You can insert anything into a layer: text, images, navigation, etc. Is that right?

Another thing about layers, why is it bad to overlap layers? I thought layers were supposed to be so much better than tables? What's the point of using layers if I can't overlap them?

Thanks all. Pardon my blonde day.

[vkaryl]

You'd probably do better to post this in the CSS forum. CSS is used to provide the "style" for the markup contained in your html page, in other words it provides the "look" mechanics, background and text colors, fonts, link styling, etc. etc.

What are "layers", btw?

[benihana]

layers = dreamweavers name for divs.

css can be applied to virtually any element or tag on a page, and can be used to define the look - colors, fonts etc, but can also define the POSITION of an element. combined with divs this can be a very powerful and flexible way of laying out pages.

insert anything into a layer

you can insert anything into a div, but when you get into complex positioning and nested divs etc, things dont always behave as you would expect.

[faltered]

Thank you!