Buckle-meister said:
Did it.
So CSS is sort of like a pool of default parameters like Font type, Point size etc that one can Call as a subroutine in a procedure in order to prevent having identical lines of code everywhere (programatically very sloppy!)?
Yes, that's the idea. The main purpose being that if you decide to update your site from a light blue on white scheme to a burgundy on dark grey scheme you can just update the CSS page and the entire site will be changed in that instant. With a REALLY simple site I would just avoid CSS, but then integrate it later on as you become familiar with things down the road. Don't try to get to complex on day one, but definitely be aware of things that will matter along the way. For example, my 'learner' website:
www.bmxtrix.com utilizes video editing (learned myself), Flash, ColdFusion, HTML, CSS, JavaScript (borrowed), frames, dynamicly built pages, email functions, etc. It all started with basic HTML though.
Buckle-meister said:
What? No FTPing? Is FrontPage doing that for you?
FrontPage will track all the changes you make and then handles all the FTP work in the background. I'm not sure if it is true FTP or something Microsoft specific, but it definitely can make things easier for you to deal with.
Buckle-meister said:
Do you think it would be possible to pick up how to do stuff just from FrontPage's help files or aren't they comprehensive enough? Also, is 2003 the latest edition?
I would hit your local library up and pick up FrontPage for Dummies. Yes, that one is there as well. The Help files are generic and not very useful until you are up and running. The books will walk you through basics in a few hours that might otherwise take you a few days to figure out on your own. I'm NOT a fan of books, but I did go through some of the FrontPage ones just on the first couple of days of using the product so I could get familiar with it.
FYI: I have used Dreamweaver as well. In my experience, FrontPage was far easier to use. Dreamweaver was lacking a lot of the very basic shortcuts that are very common to Microsoft applications which I thought was a nightmare. It is a more advanced program, but misses some basic functionality that it really SHOULD have. (Like CTRL 'C' to center or CTRL 'B' to bold). As well, since Dreamweaver is a bit more advanced, it may take you a bit longer to figure out how to use it, while not taking advantage of any of the advanced features it offers. Not a knock against Dreamweaver, but after using it for a few months, I came back to FrontPage.