CSS as a general template

Hi I'm trying to get the page (link below) I'm working on to be a general template for the rest of the site, can I use CSS for this? I am already using css for the centred non tiled background, how much more of this page (not including the main text body which will change dependin upon which sidebar link is being viewed) can be done with a css? ie. the sidebar jpeg and links (not active as yet) and the gif on the right.

I'm a newbie so I may have misunderstood the use of css. Does CSS get this specific or is it just for general formatting etc?

Sorry for the number of questions but as I say I'm a newbie

please help!

lib



Referring URLs
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/library/geninfo/sites/taylor/edc/edc3.hti

I think I understand your question ...

CSS is used to specify layouts, but not necessarily to *create* them. You
still need to place your elements (text, element tags) in the HTML. CSS is
more of a formatting definition, which in a way is a template. For example
you can create a template in DW and use a CSS to define what it looks like
....

Does that make sense?


"lib319" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Hi I'm trying to get the page (link below) I'm working on to be a general
template for the rest of the site, can I use CSS for this? I am already

using css for the centred non tiled background, how much more of this page
(not including the main text body which will change dependin upon which
sidebar link is being viewed) can be done with a css? ie. the sidebar jpeg
and links (not active as yet) and the gif on the right.

I'm a newbie so I may have misunderstood the use of css. Does CSS get
this specific or is it just for general formatting etc?

Sorry for the number of questions but as I say I'm a newbie

please help!

lib



Referring URLs
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/library/geninfo/sites/taylor/edc/edc3.hti

Thank you for this,

As I've already made one page (see link) which will be the general layaout for them all
(just with a different body of text each time) I take it that Css can be used to define all
the elements in these pages, I just need to make copies of one page but have them all attached
to a CSS.

I want to be able to change the CSS properties once to change all the pages ie. to place a new
background image or different jpeg on the left of the page.

Is this possible?



Referring URLs
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/library/geninfo/sites/taylor/edc/edc3.hti