Implementing a Website in Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

Attaching CSS

<style>
@import url('styles.css');
</style>

CSS Selectors

tag
.class
#id

CSS Units

em for text
px for rest

Right Column

Background: CSS

New Policy, Old Technology

• 1996: CSS 1 (started in 1995)
• 1998: CSS 2
• 1998 - 2004: support and interest steadily builds
• 2004: CSS 2.1 (2.0 revised for state of implementation)
• 2007: Quite well supported by 'Grade A' browsers
  • 'Grade A' Yahoo definition: http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/articles/gbs/
  • Pure CSS layouts becoming common

California Web Policy

• Summer 2006 – IOUCA Recommendations
  • Usability, Accessibility, Separation of form and content
• January 2007 – Policy Statement
  • Effective November 1, 2007
  • Policy Statements and other resources on CD
    • Summarized Today
  • http://www.webtools.ca.gov