[Year 12 IT Apps] Do we really need CSS?

[Davies, Brett]

Hi,

With due respect to the author of that article and those who think CSS is not the way to go.

CSS not only makes it much easier to make sitewide changes it is also faster, easier and more sensible to code and ensure cross browser compatibility than ANY web page using tables.

Its is very easy to cover the variety of browsers available and as new browser versions come out there is less and less time required to sort out differences in browser versions.

Note the the biggest issue was with IE6 which is almost unheard of now!!!

The biggest problems with cross browser compatibility (margins and padding) and CSS also exist when using tables

It makes so much more sense to use HTML to set up hierarchical organisation of content and the style sheet to handle the entire presentation.

If anyone is in any doubt as to the power and ease of CSS take a look at CSS Zengarden. This was a "competition" where entrants could attach a style sheet to a single HTML page which MUST remain untouched.  The results are quite amazing!

I have run my own competitions of CSS zengarden in my own classes at year 9 and 10 and the results are just as varied tho perhaps not quite as artistic! http://www.csszengarden.com

It is really worth the effort to learn and use CSS  and will serve u well as HTML 5 comes into vogue in the near future (HTML 5 is amazing)

Those thinking of using JOOMLA or Drupal next year will also benefit from learning this very easy "language", you will never look back!

Don't fight the improvements made just because there is an odd problem here and there, it is a far superior way of coding web sites and our students will benefit from learning it properly! Its not going to go away!

check out

http://www.cssvault.com
http://www.cssbeauty.com

Cheers
Brett


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From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Townsley, Andrew A [townsley.andrew.a at edumail.vic.gov.au]
Sent: Saturday, 30 October 2010 6:29 PM
To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Do we really need CSS?

You havent used CSS enough it looks like:)
They don't mention the time wasted on simple things like CSS can display different;y with IE/FF and workarounds can take time.
Not to mention some unpredictable results with basic CSS layouts I have seen. Debugging can be time consuming.
Both is best!

A.Townsley
townsley.andrew.a at edumail.vic.gov.au
Fountain Gate SC



-----Original Message-----
From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Bill Oldham
Sent: Sat 30/10/2010 12:38 PM
To: 'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Do we really need CSS?

Hi everyone,

As my classes are finishing using tables for page layout and moving into
CSS, I came across this one article that made me think about the two ways to
layout a page in a different light.

http://1stoptutorials.com/CSS_and_Tables_The_Trends.html

What do you think? Should we continue to teach both or only use CSS?

Any comments would be appreciated!

Regards, Bill Odham
(Sessional teacher at Vic Uni and RMIT)



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