CSS separates content from design making your sites easier to maintain, faster loading and more search-engine friendly. And if you build basic templates for the layouts you commonly use, just open one up for every new page or site and part of your work is already done.
Certainly using CSS means learning some new code and looking at coding in a slightly different way. But instead of continuing to build sites using outdated code, a little time invested now will save you a lot later.
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As much as anyone can tell, text-based TGP’s offer a way to steer clear of 2257. They are also cheaper to operate and they can be a lot more productive and make more money per visitor than their thumb-preview counterparts. However, with the click appeal of thumbnails and easily overpowered by heavy graphics, the design and layout of text TGP’s need careful thought.
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The third article in this series gets to grips with all the remaining styles on the main page (which in fact will cover most of the site). By the end of this article we have something which is actually beginning to look like a blog.
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We are all aware that site usability matters, but often we do not realize how many factors there are to consider and what it may cost if we ignore them. Study after study shows that surfers quickly become “trained” by the layouts they encounter most often, which means that if you offer something different, visitors to your site will not be at ease. That is not what you want, when you are trying to sell them something.
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