hey - I’m really trying to absorb CSS and make it my standard. I feel like, because the syntax is so easy to grasp, I’m getting mired in redundancy. if anyone’s feeling especially compassionate, would you take a look at this code and throw me a suggestion on where to be more concise, and help me cut out some unnecessary code? This is for a new project, the first in a 3-month contract with a new company. I’m trying to get efficient with CSS asap, so that I can use downtime to study up on new stuff for project 2 (XSLT - really cool ****!)
Thanks so much for any insight - here’s the CSS:
body {
font: normal 10px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
text-align: left;
background: #5c5c5c;
margin: 0px;
}
/* DIV LAYOUT */
#container {
width: 800px;
height: 625px;
border: none;
margin: 20px auto 0 auto;
padding: 0px;
background: url(images/site-bg.jpg) no-repeat top left;
}
#signup {
font: normal 8px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
width: 742px;
height: 19px;
margin: 22px 29px 0 29px;
text-align: right;
background: url(images/signup-bg.gif) no-repeat top left;
}
#header {
width: 742px;
height: 155px;
margin: 0 29px 0 29px;
}
#nav-global1 {
text-align: center;
width: 742px;
height: 19px;
margin: 0 29px 0 29px;
background: url(images/nav-bg.gif) top left no-repeat;
}
#content-body {
width: 742px;
height: 346px;
margin: 0 29px 0 29px;
}
#content-col1 {
float: left;
width: 228px;
margin: 10px 20px 0 0;
}
#content-col2 {
float: left;
width: 252px;
margin: 10px 0 0 0;
}
#content-col3 {
float: left;
width: 242px;
margin: 10px 0 0 0;
}
#nav-footer {
font: normal 9px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #B7F6FF;
line-height: 15px;
padding: 0px;
width: 742px;
height: 36px;
margin: 0 29px 0 29px;
background-color: #44b8c9;
}
/* GLOBAL 1 NAV STYLES /
#nav-global1 ul {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
#nav-global1 ul li {
font: normal 9px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
list-style-type: none;
display: inline;
color: #FFFFFF;
margin: 0 26px 0 26px;
padding: 0px;
}
#signup ul {
margin: 0px;
padding: 0px;
}
#signup ul li {
font: bold 8px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
list-style-type: none;
display: inline;
color: #FFFFFF;
margin: 0 4px 0 12px;
padding: 0px;
}
/ FOOTER */
/* TEXT STYLES*/
p {
font: normal 9px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #000000;
}
a:link, a:visited, a:hover, a:active {
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
#nav-footer a:link, a:visited {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
#nav-footer a:hover, a:active {
text-decoration: underline;
color: #B7F6FF;
}
#signup-list li a:link, a:visited, a:hover, a:active {
font-weight: bold;
text-decoration: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
}
/* HEADING STYLES */
h1 {
font: bold 16px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #B30537;
}
h2 {
font: bold 12px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #B30537;
}
h3 {
font: normal 11px Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #5C5C5C;
margin: 96px 0 0 247px;
line-height: 15px;
}
h4 {
font: normal 21px Century Gothic Bold, Futura, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #5C5C5C;
float: left;
margin: 70px 0 0 247px;
letter-spacing: 2px;
}
h5 {
font: normal 21px Century Gothic Bold, Futura, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
color: #B30537;
float: left;
margin: 70px 0 0 6px;
letter-spacing: 2px;
}
/* TABLE STYLES*/
/* MISC STYLES */
a.external {
padding-left: 8px;
background: url(/elements/link_external.gif) no-repeat left top;
}
a.pdf {
background: url(/elements/link_pdf.gif) no-repeat left top;
}
/* IMAGES */
.dots {
background-image: url(images/dots.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: left bottom;
}
.imgfloat {
float: left;
margin-top: 4px;
margin-right: 8px;
margin-bottom: 8px;
margin-left: 0px;
}
.footnote {
font-size: xx-small;
font-style: italic;
}
.download {
float: none;
margin-top: 0px;
margin-right: 0px;
margin-bottom: 4px;
margin-left: 0px;
}
.roy {
background-image: url(images/headshot.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right bottom;
}
.royquote {
font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-size: 11px;
font-style: normal;
line-height: 15px;
color: #5C5C5C;
float: left;
margin-top: 70px;
margin-right: 120px;
margin-bottom: 0px;
margin-left: 285px;
}
.dojlogo {
background-image: url(images/doj-logo.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: right top;
position: relative;
}
