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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in When starting a new work at home business it is very easy to become consumed by it. We spend so much time trying to get the business up and running that we may end up becoming burned out and lose our motivation. There is so much to learn and
Normal 0 MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable{mso-style-name:"Table Normal";mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;mso-style-noshow:yes;mso-style-parent:"";mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;mso-para-margin:0in;mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";}CSSstands for Cascading Style Sheets. It is a language used to describe the styleand presentation of a document written in a special language called the markuplanguage. Web pages written in Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) and ExtensibleHTML (XHTML) are examples of markup languages commonly used. A markup languageis concerned with formatting the content of a webpage whereas the style sheetlanguage pertains to the presentation and design of the page. The CSSspecifications are maintained by a standards body known as the World Wide WebConsortium or W3C. Due to this fact, CSS is sometimes also referred to as W3CCSS.Theprimary purpose of CSS is to separate the content and presentation aspects of aweb page. This carries a significant number of advantages that really promotethe readability of the page by conforming to a pre-defined and consistentinterface design. CSS helps in a lot of other ways too. People access theinternet using different network connections. Not all of these connections arefast. It is not uncommon for people to run out of patience if a web page takestoo long to load. This might force them to go elsewhere for their informationneeds and this would lower your internet traffic. Before CSS, tables were usedextensively in HTML pages for the presentation of information. These tables canbe cumbersome to use and dont always result in good visual presentation. CSS notonly improves the look of web pages but pages designed with CSS also loadfaster than those designed with tables. CSS can lower web page sizes by as muchas 60% which translates to less waiting time. CSS-designed pages are alsodisplayed progressively as they are downloaded while table-designed pages needto be downloaded fully before they can be displayed.The useof CSS is particularly beneficial in reaching millions of users of devicesother than personal computers like mobile phones and handheld internet devices.A CSS-less web page would look awful on the small screen of such devices. CSSenables us to create a page specifically for these devices with the minimum ofeffort. In this way, CSS has led to widespread accessibility of information. ModernHTML pages can be quite complex which is an impediment to the indexing functionof search engines on the internet. CSS-designed pages reduce this complexityand allow your pages to rank higher in search results. CSS also helps inprinting pages you might find interesting. Typical HTML pages get printed withunnecessary interface elements like menus. CSS can be used to define specialprint-friendly pages that contain only the content you are interested inprinting. With allthese great advantages, the only fly in the ointment is the less than stellarimplementation of the W3C CSS standard in popular web browsers. As ofthis writing, no web browser out there conforms completely to the CSSspecification. Browsers with good CSS support include Firefox, Safari andOpera. The worst offender in rendering CSS-driven web pages is also ironicallythe most used web browser in the world Internet Explorer. However, withdevelopers of these browsers working fervently to improve CSS standardscompliance, it wont be too long before anyone opening any page on any browserwill be welcomed by consistency in design and appearance thanks to the magic ofCSS.
Infusing,Web,Pages,With,Consis