[wellylug] CSS/HTML Gurus?

[John Durham]

On Sat, 2005-11-19 at 20:27 +1300, Cliff Pratt wrote:

> > This is not about a static site. The CSS I am thinking of is added to
> > the site in a small text file. A small piece of code referring to it is
> > placed in each html page header. All such pages apply the css to each
> > page, giving them similar backgrounds, fonts and colours even when the
> > content and layout are different. It's automatic and gives the whole
> > site a consistent look and feel.
> > 
> Yes, I understand what CSS and CSS templates are. Yes, stylesheets are a 
> brilliant way of ensuring the same look and feel across a site. But the 
> code that drives the pages, be it asp or php, always degenerates into a 
> entropic mess after passing through two or three hands. I'd say that 
> this is a law of nature (Laura Natcher?).
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Cliff
Ah, I see your point of view. This is one problem I don't have (due to
not using either php pr asp). Where programming is required, I prefer
CGI (Perl script). It can do all sorts of stuff with HTML. There are
even ways for the html to contain data for a script. You can get an idea
here:
http://modecideas.com/MAKEPAGE_SCRIPT.htm?wellylug