Are CSS and Themes pretty much the same thing? I might be
missing something....

Entirely different things.
However in a sense they accomplish the same
thing.


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"Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Are CSS and Themes pretty much the same thing? I might be
> missing something....

What are the advantages/dissadvantages of each?
>-----Original Message-----
>Entirely different things.
>However in a sense they accomplish the same
>thing.
>
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>"Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> Are CSS and Themes pretty much the same thing? I might
be
>> missing something....
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>
>.
>

I'm not a good one to answer that, as I don't
use themes.

The advantage of CSS is that you can change one
file and have the change applied across your entire web.


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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> What are the advantages/dissadvantages of each?
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Entirely different things.
> >However in a sense they accomplish the same
> >thing.
> >
> >
> >--
> >95isalive
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> >"Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:083901c3a7bb$612bf6e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Are CSS and Themes pretty much the same thing? I might
> be
> >> missing something....
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Themes use CSS, so this is a really tough question. You can apply themes so
they DON'T use CSS, but causes extra code to be written to the pages, so I
wouldn't recommend it. In fact, in FrontPage 2003 all themes are applied
using CSS by default.

So to answer you intial question, CSS means "Cascading Style Sheets" and
what it means is that styles cascade down and are applied to elements on the
page. In a nutshell, the first listed CSS file gets applied, then the next
(any identical selectors overwrite the one before), then page level (again,
any identical selectors overwrite the ones before), and then inline.

With Themes, FrontPage generates a CSS file and by design this is always the
final external CSS link on a page.

I would say the advantage to using Themes in FrontPage is that FrontPage
then generates the CSS file for you and you don't need to learn CSS syntax.
You can also modify the theme, thereby modifying the CSS file using GUI
instead of hand-coding.

Hope that helps.
-John Jansen


"Steve Easton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm not a good one to answer that, as I don't
> use themes.
>
> The advantage of CSS is that you can change one
> file and have the change applied across your entire web.
>
>
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> 95isalive
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> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:047401c3a7d5$9e2ae5f0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > What are the advantages/dissadvantages of each?
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Entirely different things.
> > >However in a sense they accomplish the same
> > >thing.
> > >
> > >
> > >--
> > >95isalive
> > >This site is best viewed..................
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> > >"Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > >news:083901c3a7bb$612bf6e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >> Are CSS and Themes pretty much the same thing? I might
> > be
> > >> missing something....
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>

Yes, that helps. I was wondering if it would be faster to
learn CSS or to just modify a standard theme to make it
look less "canned". I guess I will continue to modify the
theme I'm using.

Thanks!

>-----Original Message-----
>Themes use CSS, so this is a really tough question. You
can apply themes so
>they DON'T use CSS, but causes extra code to be written
to the pages, so I
>wouldn't recommend it. In fact, in FrontPage 2003 all
themes are applied
>using CSS by default.
>
>So to answer you intial question, CSS means "Cascading
Style Sheets" and
>what it means is that styles cascade down and are applied
to elements on the
>page. In a nutshell, the first listed CSS file gets
applied, then the next
>(any identical selectors overwrite the one before), then
page level (again,
>any identical selectors overwrite the ones before), and
then inline.
>
>With Themes, FrontPage generates a CSS file and by design
this is always the
>final external CSS link on a page.
>
>I would say the advantage to using Themes in FrontPage is
that FrontPage
>then generates the CSS file for you and you don't need to
learn CSS syntax.
>You can also modify the theme, thereby modifying the CSS
file using GUI
>instead of hand-coding.
>
>Hope that helps.
>-John Jansen
>
>
>"Steve Easton" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> I'm not a good one to answer that, as I don't
>> use themes.
>>
>> The advantage of CSS is that you can change one
>> file and have the change applied across your entire web.
>>
>>
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>> 95isalive
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>> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>> > What are the advantages/dissadvantages of each?
>> > >-----Original Message-----
>> > >Entirely different things.
>> > >However in a sense they accomplish the same
>> > >thing.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >--
>> > >95isalive
>> > >This site is best viewed..................
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>> > >"Chris" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > >news:083901c3a7bb$612bf6e0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > >> Are CSS and Themes pretty much the same thing? I
might
>> > be
>> > >> missing something....
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >.
>> > >
>>
>>
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