About Web Design: CSS float layouts; CSS margins; Web designer skill

Web Design In the Spotlight | More Topics | Top Picks | Suggestions |   from Jennifer Kyrnin This week I'm focusing on CSS: CSS margins and CSS layouts. Margins are important to understand so that you can work with CSS effectively. And then when you understand CSS margins, you can work with CSS float to create layouts without tables. I've created 6 sample layouts using one HTML file and 6 different style sheets. The Reader's Choice Awards are still accepting nominations, but there's only a couple weeks left. If you were considering nominating your site for Best Web Designer's Web Page or your Web host for Best Linux/UNIX Web Hosting now is a great time to do it. You don't want to forget and have to vote for someone else, do you?   In the Spotlight Learn CSS Margins for Better Layout The CSS box model is confusing and there are several parts to it. CSS margins are an important part, because they define the space around your elements. Using margins you can separate disparate elements or overlap elements on your Web page.              More Topics Nominate Best Use of Images in Web Design What Site is Best? Converting an XML File to be Well-Formed Well-formed and Valid XML (and XHTML) Nominate the Best Information Page There are great ones out there Cascading Style Sheets 2 (CSS2) Attribute Selectors A useful tool that works! Nominate the Best Linux Web Host Who do you use? A Brief History of the World Wide Web What is it and where is it going? Nominate the Best Product Page Selling products is hard CSS Float Helps Keep Important Content First When you use CSS float for your layouts, you can build a standard HTML template for your pages and then create multiple layouts just by changing the CSS. The important content stays at the top of the HTML file, and the layout is whatever you want it to be. This article will help you understand how to use CSS float to create flexible width layouts in 1-, 2-, and 3-column designs, without changing the HTML at all.   Which skills do you think are important for a Web designer? Design is more than just slapping HTML onto a page, and good design takes a lot of skills. But some skills are specific to Web designers and some are specific to designers in general. What 3 skills do you think are most important to a Web designer? Vote Now View Results     Sponsored Links   Top Picks - Free Classes About Web Design and HTML  from your  Web Design / HTML  Guide It's easy to learn Web design and HTML online. And you might be surprised at the things you can learn for free. These online newsletter courses can help you improve your skills or teach you new ones. 1) SEO Class 2) Free Web Design Class - Daily 3) CSS Tip of the Day   What should I write about? Are there Web design topics you"d like to learn more about? Is there a topic you'd like to see covered on the Web Design / HTML site at About.com? Let me know what you think.   Feeling Under the Weather? Evaluating Your Cold Symptoms How to tell when a runny nose is just a cold, and when it might be turning into something more serious and require a visit to the doctor. More> Web Design / HTML Ads Custom Web Designers Web Page Templates Designing Websites Logo Design Templates Advertisement     Visit Related About GuideSites: Focus on JavaScript Perl Graphic Design Focus on Java Web Logs   Search About      Sign up for more free newsletters on favorite topics. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Web Design newsletter as adamsmith016@GMAIL.COM. If you wish to change or remove your email address, please visit: http://www.about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=webdesign&e=adamsmith016@GMAIL.COM About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About, Inc.