This Of course, generates some great flexibility. This



flexibility is not available when your website is using

tables for layout, inline font tags or inline defined colors.

A single CSS file can contain positioning, layout, font,

colors and style information for an entire web site.

2. You site uses less bandwidth and loads faster

Because stylesheets are so lightweight, your website will

load much faster. The main reason is because you do not

need table layouts anymore for the positioning of elements.

Since text loads really really fast your website will be

visible in a flash.

This means that visitors will be happier when surfing your

website. They only have to download the Stylesheet once, and

it's automatically reused for every page. So the only thing

that needs to be loaded is the actual content.

On average a website will load five to ten times faster if it

makes use of cascading style sheets.

3. Your website will automatically gain better search engine

results

With CSS, you can position any element, anywhere you want. So

if your menu is at the bottom of your HTML document, you can

bring it up using absolute positioning. The reason this is

useful is to make sure the search engine spiders pick up the

main content first.

Another advantage you automatically gain is that your HTML

code is much cleaner. So the search engine spider will not

have to separate the junk code from the real content.

So make sure you put your logo text and your menu at the

bottom of your HTML document at put it at the top using CSS!

4. CSS is compatible with newer browsers

Because more and more browsers are used other than Internet

Explorer on a Windows machine, you need to be sure that your

website is accessible by all major and newer browsers.

By using webstandards, defined by the w3c, you are making sure

your content is viewable in the future.

Because there are so many browsers these days, it is impossible

to test your website in all these browsers on different

configurations.Coding to standards is then the only practical

solution.

5. CSS can be used to display the same content on different

media.

Because you are able to define different stylesheets for

different media you have great flexibility in presenting

your content.

The printer for example, is a medium on itself. If someone

prints out your website, you will be able to modify the look

of it. Add an extra black and white logo, remove the

advertisements and change the colors to black and white values.

It's all done easily by using cascading stylesheets. And the

best thing is, visitors do not even have to know you created

a new Stylesheet especially for the printer.

Stylesheets can also be created specifically for PDA's and

such.As you will understand, this adds some great flexibility

to the presentation of your web document.

Conclusion

Cascading Style Sheets are created to make things easier. It

gives you great control of your website and makes your visitors

happy when they are surfing your website.

You are prepared for the future and will gain better search

engine results automatically. Start using CSS to its full

potential today!It will suit you well.

written by Nasir