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WSM2006
01-30-2006, 10:49 AM
Just wondering what the best practice is on including CSS directly within a page versus linking to an external CSS file. Thoughts?

Chris
01-30-2006, 11:13 AM
Generally you'll want to do it externally, for easier maintenance.

Cutter
01-30-2006, 01:18 PM
Definately external, easier maintenance & better on the bandwidth.

deronsizemore
01-30-2006, 02:21 PM
Definately external, easier maintenance & better on the bandwidth.

Exactly.

Masetek
01-30-2006, 03:09 PM
Not only that if its external the SE spiders don't have to crawl thru it

etech-martin
01-30-2006, 04:08 PM
I would suggest to use external CSS styles for the web designing. You can quickly change the look of your entire web site by changing one file with an external style sheet. It is the most effective and maintenance free for the end user. I think an internal style sheet should be used when a single web page has a unique style within the total site. :)

James
01-30-2006, 11:43 PM
If you use internal, I will throw tomatoes at you.

WSM2006
02-06-2006, 12:36 PM
I'll dodge the tomatoes, good advice everybody - especially the "spider crawling" and the easier modifications - thanks!

James
02-06-2006, 01:50 PM
It'll also lower the size of your pages; CSS files are cache'd.