Mr. Emu Tutorials: Lesson 1 - The Basics *Web Design*

[Leisha]

Pssst! When you set a font into a header font (<h1>), some of the headers have an in-built sytle that makes the font a specific size and style that includes bold.

Or am I not making sense?



Edit: Goodnight, Len!

[Lenny]

If you're not making sense, then this should help you make sense (for I think this is what you're trying to get across). All the values are just random to illustrate the point:

H1 - font size 50, bold
H2 - font size 40, bold
H3 - font size 30, bold
H4 - font size 24, bold
H5 - font size 20, bold
H6 - font size 16, bold

So if text is surrounded by <h1></h1>, it will be forced up to size 50, and be made bold, and so on - the header tags will override any font/p/div/span etc. tags they're between, and vice versa, I think.

All of them can be changed, as I've said, using style code.

[Sephiroth]

Okay, thanks, I'm beginning to get the picture (it takes a while).


Anyway, goodnight, Lenny. I'll wait and see what you put up next, and see if I can get my silly little head around that first.


Bacon butty is sounding good, though; give me meat over fruit any day of the week!

[Leisha]

Aha! Yeah, that's a much better explanation. Thanks, Len.

And I'm liking the idea of a bacon butty with tomato sauce right now...


Or a cheeseburger with ketchup...

[Sephiroth]

Then, to the Sal with you, you food-crazed nutter!!


*pulls out a ball of yarn and trails it behind him as he goes...*

[Highlander II]

CSS and style sheets are lovely, but there are still (or, there were at one time) browsers that won't read them. Netscape, I think, was one that wouldn't (tho it loves frames, don't ask me why).

I ended up not using style sheets for a long time (still don't, as of now) b/c it wouldn't render in certain browsers, which is kind of a pain. Might change that up next time I redesign my website. [[ who knows when THAT will be ]]

[Leisha]

I always use tables, not CSS. Then again, I'm waiting to learn about style sheets when Len begins his tutorial. I'll probably still use tables anyway.

[GOLLUM]

Ths is an excellent thread Lenny. You should be congratulated!

In fact the whole idea of having a technology FAQ section is a good idea and adds another whole level to Chrons.

[Highlander II]

Leisha - I use tables *and* CSS. All the CSS on my site goes into the header section - it defines things like colors on the page. I also use div layers.

I'm not very good at javascript, or I'd use a js menu.

I'm a very lazy coder, so I tend not to do things that are too involved. *g* Though I attempted ASP once, but the form code wouldn't work the way I wanted it to.

[Lenny]

I combine tables with stylesheets, too. And you'll be surprised how easy a Javascript menu actually is.

Right, onto the second tutorial, methinks.

Oh, and thanks, Gollum.

[Shamu]

Cool stuff and good work.