First, do your subtask 02.02
Link your original page to an external stylesheet, then look at some templates, their presentational rules and their structural objects.
First,
finish Subtask 02.02 | link to CSS by applying some CSS rules to your hard coded page
Then,
find a CSS template you like:
look at these resources (though you may find others in other locations as well):
- Open Design Community website or
- Free Open Source Web Designs or
- Snapp Happy's 98 CSS WEB TEMPLATE DESIGNS to choose from ...
where one can find
XHTML and CSS based free web design templates available for download.
CSSZenGarden, a place where one can obtain free CSS stylesheets.
The css Zen Garden is about functional, practical CSS and not the latest bleeding-edge tricks viewable by 2% of the browsing public. The only real requirement we have is that your CSS validates.
CSS Trappist Monastery - built on same model as CSS Zen Garden
These latter two are interesting to look at, but I would recommend you use the first three if you wish to use a template.
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Think about your editor options
Find a CSS template that fits your style for your final task 02 website. Consider whether or not you want to use a hard code text editor or a Graphical User Interface Web Editor.
Free editors we will look at:
Other free editors
Dreamweaver: Dreamweaver MX: Introduction, ITS
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