Why CSS? Here’s a quick run-down of the reasons CSS is so good for building flexible, easy to handle websites…

What’s CSS? Cascading Style Sheets are a beautifully simple way to ‘tell’ search engines how to display your website without making a meal of it.

Once upon a time designers had to use a separate bit of code to denote and describe every element of a page’s content. You’d have to repeat the same old instructions time and time again, which made changes to the design and layout a real challenge. If you wanted to swap your 12 point Arial sub-headers to Times Roman 11 point throughout your site, you’d have to go through every page carefully and change the code for each sub header individually.

Designing with CSS means you only have to define the layout of your content once. If you want to change every main header from 15 point Helvetica to 16 point Tahoma, all you do is change the CSS and it cascades your amendments through the entire site automatically.

Make sure, when you choose a web design partner, that they’re fully aware of .CSS, New Web Methodology and won’t create you a site that’ll be a nightmare to update and amend. CSS is the latest and the best way to design online presences, and it becomes more important as your site grows. Changing the layout of a five page site without CSS is one thing. Changing an ecommerce site, with hundreds or even thousands of pages, is another!