Frequently Asked Questions

These days web sites are styled using the CSS system, which greatly extends the original HMTL formatting rules.
CSS can be powerful but is also tedious to learn, plus - such is the world we are living in - a large part of it does not work, due to the squabbles and variations in implementation across browsers, versions of browsers and operating systems.

Fortunately, the Netcells User Zone (NUZ) gives you the convenient means of playing with just a small subset of CSS - that is to say - your site's CSS, configured to show your content on any computer system - it is not difficult to do small changes such as font colour or size and more, as you get more confident.
Note that by learning some CSS you are acquiring a general, widely applicable knowledge, rather than memorising arbitrary rules of this or that program. Most text styling can be done with simple "p" and "span" tags and you can still use the standard HMTL tage ("b" for bold, "i" for italic etc).

You have 2 ways to edit your CSS in NUZ:
1. by editing your Stylesheet in Publish > Sites > Stylesheet (this sets your styling throughout your site)
2. by adding inline CSS specifications within any Text Item in Publish > Text (this only applies locally to that particular Text Item)
You will save time by using the first method as much as it is practicable.

To appreciate the advantages CSS offers compare Richard Bram's new site with the old (HTML) version.

Be very careful when editing CSS - a one missing semi-colon could make the whole page fall apart.
Save a copy of your Stylesheet before you start editing it - a big red "Revert" button will be added soon.

There is plenty of online reference for CSS and HTML - have a look in our ›IT Links section or do your own web search.
When you have finished editing you can check your CSS using the ›3w.org Validator.