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.


To prepare yourselves for the editors session

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


To prepare yourselves for the scripting session

In Web Design in a Nutshell, look over these.

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