CSS for the beginner ?

[David de Botton]

I have been using Dreamweaver for a few years but have no idea about producing / editing a Cascading Styling Sheet format ?

Why can I not edit in Dreamweaver ?
Does it have anything to do with the options I chose when installing the program ??

Cheers
David

[StykFacE]

what version of Dreamweaver are you on?

[CADTutor]

The last 2 versions of Dreamweaver have pretty good support for CSS - version 8 is particularly good. You can edit external style sheet files or styles in the head and inline styles. I suggest you do some background reading on how style sheets work and the various ways they can be used with XHTML (external is best) before doing anything in Dreamweaver.

[StykFacE]

Also remember, that you can apply CSS Style Sheets that are already made in Dreamweaver. File > New - then select which one you want under CSS... i can't remember exactly what it says, it's been awhile. just look under the Help file to show you how to attach a style sheet. that's the best way. LOTS of control.

[nscherneck]

bravo for using CSS. its really the way the should be built. websites need to be light and quick to load.

[jonesy]

Hi

I am currently learning how to do basic html and css (and using notepad)

I have found the following 2 sites very useful.
http://www.html.net/
http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
Hope this helps

[CADTutor]

Also, have a look at Selectutorial (http://css.maxdesign.com.au/selectutorial/index.htm). Very good place to start with CSS.