Theme vs. (or perhaps "with") CSS

T

tcarp

I've just gotten some great basic learning from another thread here on CSS.
Now I'm dangerous.

Do Themes and CSS live well together? If so, what are the strategies?

Thanks

Tom
 
W

Windsun

Yes and no :)

Some of the built in themes are a bit iffy with changing the CSS in them,
but I have also made my own pure CSS themes from a blank page, and that
seems to work fine.
 
T

tcarp

So it's possible to use CSS without themes? Any guideposts on how to
approach it? Perhaps sharing a couple of the CSS rules that are relevant or
pointing to where to learn what the list would include.

Also, can nav bar formatting be done effectively without themes?

Thanks

Tom
 
M

Murray

It's quite possible to never use themes.

To get started with CSS, just google for "CSS tutorials" - you will find
more than you care to read.
 
V

Viken Karaguesian

Do Themes and CSS live well together? If so, what are the strategies?

I don't think it's a matter of "themes vs. CSS". I don't know for sure, but
I''ll make an educated guess that Microsoft's themes are probably nothing
more than CSS templates.

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) is a language, like HTML. The whole purpose of
CSS is to separate styling/layout from the actual content. By keeping the
style and content separate, search engine can index pages better and the
code is less cluttered.

You can create a theme of your own using CSS. Go to
http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp to learn some basic CSS. That's
where I learned my basic stuff.
 
W

Windsun

Themes and CSS have no relation to each other. You can make your own themes
with or without CSS and save them as a theme. But you don't need to use a
theme either.

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