Meryl's Notes Blog

Molly Holzschlag addresses the integration of structure and presentation using CSS in this article, a first in a monthly series that she will write for InformIT. Get an overview of the six types of style sheets for managing a document’s layout. Yes, six. Most of us know there are inline, linked, and embedded style sheets, but do you know the other three?

Separate structure from presentation. That’s the war cry from experts and Web designers. Get the inside story on why it’s a good move to follow this rule. Also, we rarely think about the whole meaning behind the C as in cascading. No matter what you do, the reader can overrule your CSS rules since the reader’s style sheets get top priority.