8. Using Styles for Layout

In Chapter 7, you saw how to use CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) and the CSS Designer panel. Now that you’ve learned how to use them, it’s time to take them out for a test drive.

This chapter covers creating pages using Dreamweaver’s CSS layouts, and then how to modify them to match your designs.

CSS Layout Basics

When CSS first started becoming popular (that is, when enough browsers supported it consistently), its primary use was for styling text, and web designers were thrilled to say goodbye to the font tag. Besides styling text, it’s also possible to use CSS to define how your page ...

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