# CSS question

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-question/102060>\
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**Created:** [February 19, 2004, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-question/102060 "2004-02-19T09:21:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![opel](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/opel/32/199_2.png) [@opel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/opel)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 9:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-question/102060/1 "2004-02-19T09:21:24Z")

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I’ve just comleted a tutorial on CSS and can see many benefits in its use. but my question is when you make a page and you want that to be the layout for the rest of the site do you:

A - save the html page with the linked CSS as a template, using the template to build the rest of your site. As any changes in the html will be universally applied.

B - make different html pages and link the CSS.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 9:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-question/102060/2 "2004-02-19T09:54:23Z")

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You use B typically 🙂

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**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-question/102060/3 "2004-02-19T15:49:08Z")

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It depends on the site. I usually go with A. On larger sites I may have more than one template and more than one css file. It makes updates so much quicker, and keeps the look of the site, or the individual sections of the site, consistant.

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**Post date:** [February 19, 2004, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/css-question/102060/4 "2004-02-19T16:59:36Z")

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> \*Originally posted by abzoid \*  
> \*\*It depends on the site. I usually go with A. On larger sites I may have more than one template and more than one css file. It makes updates so much quicker, and keeps the look of the site, or the individual sections of the site, consistant. \*\*

i agree, that’s the way I usually try to do it, but 9 times out of 10, I end up with a bizzare combination of A, B and C (Adding Styles as I go to the top of the HTML Page), and then I end up having to go back in, and streamline everything… especially with large sites, and sites that I have to ‘take over’ from someone else. Just try whichever works for you. :beam: