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[Thomas Dowling]

>
> In the meantime, I was curious as to the general opinion of using CSS.
I
> am using both the new versions of Netscape and IE, and the library uses
> Netscape 4.0.   However, there seem to be some problems when viewing the
> new page I am creating.  They see illegible black text on a navy
> background, while I see white text.  Would anyone reccomend steering
away
> from CSS and stick with plan HTML?

Welcome to the list.  The accumulated wisdom on CSS can be reviewed in the
list archives at <http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/archive.html>.

There are a couple of good CSS syntax checkers out there; I heartily
recommend CSSCheck at <URL:http://www.htmlhelp.com/tools/csscheck/>.  It
will look at your library.css file and note several things.  Most
important will be the fact that you're using HTML markup in a .css file,
which will make things break.  In CSS:

  <!-- This is not a comment; it's just broken. -->
  /* This is a comment. */


CSSCheck is also very good about spotting places where you define a
foreground color but not a background color, which appears to be another
problem you're having (both of these problems are very easy to run into;
fortunately, they're also pretty easy to fix).

Thomas Dowling
OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
tdowling at ohiolink.edu