Hello, I am trying to code a site in mostly css. I am trying to avoid as much html as possible. I heard css is much faster, is this true? I found this one website that uses a lot of css: http://profilepimp.com they put all of their image paths in css, not html. I think this is a better way of doing it, however I am having problems doing it myself. Does anyone know of any good tutorial sites that show you how to do this kind of stuff? Also if anyone wants to, I will pay them good money to code the site for me. (Just the html/css) Thanks, Jason
If the image path is for an element such as a bullet, logo, or header, then placing it in the CSS file is good. If they are placing image links for other images, that's just foolish. I didn't go and check the site, because "profilepimp" doesn't sound safe for work... Anyways, a good tutorial site would be www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
Here is step by step tutorial on how to make a site with css http://green-beast.com/build-css/ You see what each css property does
i am a php fan just becuase the files are smaller and "run" on the server then givin to the computer. And you an still use html css and just about what ever you want in there but yes css is great you have some real power in there. But then again you need to be great with images.
you dont need to be good with images at all. designing a site with just only css can be as good as designing with images
good point but css looks 9times better when you use images just becuase you can make it even more perfect with css then html.
Also here is another nice place to get tutorials for HTML/CSS http://www.htmldog.com/ I use it myself.
I would definitely agree that W3C Schools is the best tutorial site for CSS. I have used their tutorials time and time again and keep going back.
Hi Jason, There's actually quite a few good tutorials floating around here on DigitalPoint and SitePoint as well (in the latter case, both on the forums and the main site as well). As for using CSS to load images, that's good if the images are presentational in nature (like background images and other "eye candy". If the image in question is part of the content, then it's structural and should be hard-coded into the HTML instead. What type of layout are you trying to create with your design? If you can show me an example, I'll be more than happy to write up a tutorial for you showing how it can be done using the bare minimum of HTML and CSS code (something that most people cannot even do since they think visually rather than structurally). I'll even post it here in the thread so that others can learn as well (thus giving back to the community at large).
i love to have the books and then read the tutorials becuase the tutorials let you learn it at a fast rate and then when you need more detial on something you just loook it up in the book and most of the time you can just find it on line but i love books when i cant use a computer like on road trips.