Too much to ask

Cascading Style Sheets. CSS. We've been up to our eyeballs in code. But, I am still convinced that CSS is the only way to go. It may be painful, and you may find yourself saying, "Why can't I get this to line up? Is it too much to ask?" However, in the end, you will find that you have built a more flexible web site. You will take pride in the little things. You may even brag to your friends.

But, I digress. Bryan (our programmer extrordinaire), Kris (our usability and information guru), Lisa (our resident professional journalist and all around go-to gal) and I have been working since before the holiday break to put together the KUJH-TV News web site. Things are progressing. I am pleased with how far we've come. We've finalized the new KUJH-TV News logo (and handed it off to Dick to replace the logo that is used on-air), we've got the backend, database and queries all built, the admin pages for adding new stories, story categories and students are finished, and we've been designing secondary and tertiary pages. Lisa and I have also been "webifying" the graduate students' multimedia reporting final stories.

So, about that CSS. I may not be a programmer, but I am really getting into this stuff. I ack hate to admit it, but it's actually kinda fun. CSS teaches you patience, it allows you to exercise creativity and, I think my math skills may even be improving (A special thanks to Kris and Bryan, who already know how to add three-digit numbers in their heads. They have cheerfully helped me solve some of the more extensive CSS equations).

If you are to master CSS, you must be comfortable with researching and experimenting. I've purchased two books on CSS so far: Designing CSS Web Pages, by Christopher Schmitt and DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web, by Jason Cranford Teague.