[wellylug] CSS/HTML Gurus?

[Cliff Pratt]

John Durham wrote:
> 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?).
> 
> 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
> 
It can still get messy even with such helper scripts. That looks like a 
fairly comprehensive one you have there! Did you write it? Looks good!

When I use PERL for Web Programming I generally use Perl::CGI.

Cheers,

Cliff