Some reasons why it's important to use CSS on your website

[DaveSpencer]

Websites can be created without using CSS, but if you want the most out of your website, then I would advise to use some CSS.

Some of the reasons why I would recommend this:-

1. You can cut down your pages file size by having each pages style sheet in one individual file.

2. Using CSS will make your website look more professional if you use CSS properly.

Anyone got anymore advantages of using this?

[Jiberish]

Well, you should mention the whole point of CSS. Which is dividing design and function.

[rusel]

Your site load faster in CSS then table.
this is one more point.

[mark1983]

Benefits Of CSS

Every webpage appearing on your computer screen has three major components or layers. These are its content, its presentation, and behavior. The content layer comprises of the information that the author wants to convey to the users and is fixed within XHTML or HTML. Presentation layer describes the appearance of the content to a user who accesses this document. The third layer the behavior layer engages into real-time interaction between the user and the document and the task is usually handled by JavaScript. CSS or Cascading Style Sheets is an uncomplicated file that controls the visual look of a Web page and does not compromise with its structure. CSS is used to control the font color, font size, link color and several other attributes on the web page. Use of CSS reduces the page size, makes the HTML code readable and reduces the time taken to download a document. The many benefits of using CSS are:

1.Helps to improve accessibility.
Use of CSS in web pages helps to improve their accessibility principally by separating the document structure from its presentation. The design of CSS was initially designed have a precise control on the web page such as text alignment, character spacing, position of object on the page, font characteristics, audio output, etc. Separating style and markup has eased out the cleaning up of HTML in documents, thus improving the accessibility of the documents for the users.

2.Cleaner code
The code required for the successful working of the CSS is much less as compared to tables. As a result the code is lighter as well as cleaner. A clean code helps in the easy maintenance of the site.

3.High loading speed.
The presence of tables in the document reduces the speed of loading of web pages as the spider needs to crawl throughout every table. Use of CSS in designing web pages results in high speed loading pages as the all styles are contained in a single style sheet.

4.Helps to eliminate JavaScript.
Most people turn off the JavaScript while they surf the internet. This helps to prevent them from unwanted viruses and pop-ups. The same effect can be obtained by using You CSS navigation. Use of CSS facilitates rollovers and other affects that are quite user friendly.

5.CSS saves money.
Use of CSS will help to shorten the length of project development process. Is also eliminates the design obstacles, which usually occur when tables are being used. The same design sheets can be used for designing different websites, thus saving a lot of money and time involved in development of the websites.

In case your website is using a good number of tables consider the redesigning of website, as such a site will not help you to reap the benefits of CSS.

Thanks,
Mark
Houston Website Design

[mydearvalentine]

is there any technique for CSS in SEO point of view..if yes then tell me..

[addaminsane]

Originally Posted by mydearvalentine

is there any technique for CSS in SEO point of view..if yes then tell me..

css can allow you to rearrange hyperlinks so that tables and such will appear one way, but your internal links can be presented above external links in the page source.

Therefore, you get more juice to your pages and don't wasted them on affiliate links and redirects. CSS knowledge is essential.

[craig.johnson84]

Your site will load faster and look more professional. Another advantage is that your files will be more organized and it will be easier for you to manage it.

[springer]

By using styles you can keep the site all looking the same - you wont have different fonts on different pages.

[MattCA]

CSS style once downloaded by the browser it's used from cache, unless it changes.

[Loan2day]

CSS maintains the representation of our site, and it maintain the same structure on each and every page of you web site.