Re: spelling and grammar

Oh no... a template is much more than a style sheet. (I think, for I 
haven't used a style sheet yet, even though I got Adobe GoLive just so that 
I could learn it.) A template has some common elements attached to it, 
perhaps a complete heading, side navigation bar, and perhaps a footer with 
the links in text and with your name address and contact data spelled out.

Mine is write-protected so I do not damage it by mistake. I open it, build 
my new page in it, and save it as the new page. This saves a lot of work. 
But it is not the "Style Sheet" that the publisher had spoken of earlier. 
That style sheet has nothing to do with CSS, but is a decision on how your 
text is to be managed. It includes the spelling of certain words where a 
choice is available: (such as Unibomber and Unibomer) or how you will 
punctuate in certain circumstances, or how you will name someone in your 
article. Newspapers frequently will only use a last name after the first 
instance of using the full name. (Newspapers can tend to be arrogant) or 
even if you will address a woman as Miss, Mrs, or Ms. When I worked in the 
newsroom of a radio station, the "style sheet" specified the pronunciation 
of certain words, and even when certain kinds of stories could be aired. 
(Airline commercials had to be removed when the news was of an air crash) 
This kind of editorial consistency is the hallmark of a professional 
presentation, and is very necessary when several people will collaborate on 
building a site.

At 07:39 PM 6/21/00 -0600, you wrote:
>IceWolf wrote:
>
> > What I did for my web-site (admittedly about halfway through it) was design
> > a template that specifies font, colors, background, and so on.
>
>Isn't that what CSS does?  I'm only doing my first real site, but the
>advantage of CSS is that I've created a main CSS file that I link to all the
>pages.  Then I'll create a Style Sheet for each particular page--either in
>the head tag or with a link.  Now everything's the same unless I specify a
>new class particular to that page in the second Style Sheet.  It's not quite
>the same as the professional printing standard that others have spoken
>about, and it certainly doesn't cover spelling and grammar--but that's
>better left to professionals anyway ;-).
>
>Gardenia

Br. Elias Thienpont OSB
http://www.assumptionabbey.com

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