Site Layout with CSS
August 31, 2002
What is/who is/why webmonkeydean? My name is Dean and I've taken the title of webmonkey. A webmonkey is a webmaster in training. I doubt anyone could ever truly become "master" of the web, but I'm working on it. So far I'm fairly comfortable with Design, HTML, basic Graphics, SSI, and CSS; next I'd like to learn more about JavaScript and PHP. This is a place for me to practice web development but I'll also try to make it a personal, homepage-type website by telling you about myself in the process.
If you are one of the 4 people who have visited this site before you might notice that it looks a little different. That's because I've redesigned the layout using CSS (cascading style sheets). Up until now the traditional way to lay out web pages has been to use tables, which consist of rows and columns. It was confining and sometimes tedious. The way of the future is to use style sheets, and this new site design is an experiment in that method. CSS gives the web author practically unlimited control over how a web page looks aesthetically, makes site maintenance a thousand times easier, and the link effects make you say, "oh wow!" (unless they're overdone; then you say "yuck")
Besides the new look I've also made some changes with the content. It might even be interesting for you so check it out if you have a chance. 
Thanks for tuning in, and remember to eat lots of bananas,
Dean
