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Re: [SLE] html software.
- From: edscott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Ed Scott)
- Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 19:11:58 -0700
- Message-id: <001201bfcf5c$998da140$0c32fea9@wolf>
> 1. I am currently working on a website and I would like it to look good in
> netscape and ie; is there an acceptable list of fonts that I can expect
> all clients to have? I do not like the stock fonts but don't want to be
> too creative and use a font most people do not have! For example, is
> Garamond a valid font face name for suse/redhat/mandrake/<your favourite
> distro here> ?
Most graphical browsers support style sheets now. These allow your first
preference of font while allowing graceful step down to an available font.
See examples which follow and then find some full examples of style sheet
use on the web. Search www.google.com for CSS or cascading style sheet
tutorials.
------> stylesht.css starts here
BODY { FONT: Times New Roman, Times, serif;
COLOR: #000000 }
A:LINK, A:VISITED, A:ACTIVE
TEXT-DECORATION: NONE;
FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, san serif }
A:LINK { COLOR: #003399 }
A:VISITED { COLOR: #003399 }
A:ACTIVE { COLOR: #0066FF }
H1.TITLE
FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif;
COLOR: #003399; }
...
------> index.htm this sample web page invokes the style sheet above
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Your Title</TITLE>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<LINK REL="stylesheet" TYPE="text/css" HREF="stylesht.css">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
...
>
> 2. I am creating my website in dreamweaver. I was surprised to find it has
> _no_ templates! I have to come up with my own combinations of pleasant &
> readable colors... I do not have the skills to do this. Is there any way I
> can get good site templates for color combinations/layout starting
> points??
>
You might try visiting some graphics design sites like www.adobe.com for
tutorials on color use and good design examples. If you are concerned about
picking so called "web safe" colors, pick colors whose RGB components are
integral multiples of 33 hex. For example: With the color format #RRGGBB
use 00, 33, 66, 99, CC or FF in place of RR (red), GG (green) and BB (blue).
For hex challenged software like PhotoShop 4 and earlier, that would be
multiples of 51 or: 0, 51, 102, 153, 204 and 255. This works for the
original Netscape "web safe" palette but not some newer "web safe" sets. So
"web safe" color is kind of a relative concept - maybe "web safe anything?"
Experiment to find what you like with colors. Try matching color schemes
you find on the web by trial and error to learn how to manipulate RGB color
values.
Also, Lynda Weinman has a good video on Dreamweaver that might be useful to
you - www.lynda.com
Hope this is useful to you.
Ed
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