Wiley Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design 978-0-7645-8833-4 ユーザーズマニュアル
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978-0-7645-8833-4
The Planning and
Development of Your Site
In the past few years, the design community has seen an explosion of sites powered by cascading
style sheets (CSS). Highly visible brands such as Fast Company, ESPN.com, PGA, and Blogger have
all adopted CSS for the layout of their sites, delivering their compelling content through this excel-
lent Web technology. Their pages have become lighter and more accessible, while a few style sheet
files provide them with global control over the user interface of their entire site. The potential of CSS
has been well established by these mainstream sites, and the technology (which languished since its
introduction in 1996) is quickly becoming the de facto means by which a site’s design is built.
style sheets (CSS). Highly visible brands such as Fast Company, ESPN.com, PGA, and Blogger have
all adopted CSS for the layout of their sites, delivering their compelling content through this excel-
lent Web technology. Their pages have become lighter and more accessible, while a few style sheet
files provide them with global control over the user interface of their entire site. The potential of CSS
has been well established by these mainstream sites, and the technology (which languished since its
introduction in 1996) is quickly becoming the de facto means by which a site’s design is built.
However, while CSS has been elevated to near-buzzword status, it’s important to remember that
style sheets are simply a tool to be used in the overall design and development of your Web site.
Granted, that tool is an incredibly powerful one, but it can only facilitate high-powered, profes-
sional-looking Web sites. Although using style sheets can afford you an unprecedented level of
control over your site’s design, no technology is a silver bullet. Despite what technology evange-
lists might tell you, adopting CSS won’t inherently make your site more usable, your design more
compelling, or your breath more wintergreen-fresh.
style sheets are simply a tool to be used in the overall design and development of your Web site.
Granted, that tool is an incredibly powerful one, but it can only facilitate high-powered, profes-
sional-looking Web sites. Although using style sheets can afford you an unprecedented level of
control over your site’s design, no technology is a silver bullet. Despite what technology evange-
lists might tell you, adopting CSS won’t inherently make your site more usable, your design more
compelling, or your breath more wintergreen-fresh.
So, if we put aside the buzz for a moment, we can see that although CSS is an incredibly important
aspect of a Web site’s development, it should be viewed in the context of that site’s entire lifecycle.
In this chapter, we’ll discuss the following topics:
aspect of a Web site’s development, it should be viewed in the context of that site’s entire lifecycle.
In this chapter, we’ll discuss the following topics:
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Understanding your project’s scope
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Establishing the goals for your project
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The fundamentals of information architecture
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How to begin your site’s design
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