An introduction to rapid web-development with CSS
Written by: James Gregory
Source: Shipyard
Skill Level: Novice

Content-formatting separation

I could wax lyrical all day about why this is a good thing, but instead I'll point you to CSS Zen-Garden. It's a little difficult to see, but on the left there are links to "select a design".

Each of these links is just applying a different set of CSS directives to the page.
The HTML remains exactly the same between each one. Seriously, there's no difference at all.

Admittedly, these guys are CSS ninjas. It takes some practice to be able to lay sites out like that. It's definitely a neat trick to show your clients once you've mastered it though.

Contents

• So what's it all about?
• Content formatting separation
• More formatting directives
• Lets get started
• A Technicality

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