DACS Web Design Special Interest Group

DACS
Resource
Center
Ives Manor
(lower level)
198 Main Street Danbury.

For information contact:
Annette van Ommeren
(aka "Anna Collens")

Come to the meeting and/or join the newsletter to be notified of upcoming meetings.

CSS Templates

Premade CSS templates can provide a quick way to construct a web page layout. The settings can be tweaked as nessesary, but it is recommended to read the commented code carefully. Many templates give precise and helpful guidance.

DreamWeaver CS3(+)

Many layout options with "elastic", "fluid" and "layouts".
File/New/Blank Page/HTML and choose the layout required.
Extensively commented code, providing a good learning tool.
If used, remove the CSS from the "Head" section of the page, and place into an external CSS file, then link the page to the CSS file.

Free online CSS template sites:

http://tutorialblog.org/css-tools-free-templates/ (links to other sites)
http://www.freecsstemplates.org/css-templates/1
http://www.free-css-templates.com/ (clean designs)
http://www.freewebtemplates.com/ (not just CSS, many templates for inspiration if not the code)
http://topcsstemplates.com/
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/layouts/
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/blog/entry/css-equal-columns-height-script/ (un-tested, but might be worth a try)

Some of these sites cross-reference and the same designs will be found - "caveat emptor"!