Saving

How to Save

You can save your style sheet in several different ways. How you save your style sheet depends on how you want to use the file and your preferred method for implementing style sheets into webpages. The flexibility we offer will help you to gain better control over your creations.

You can either:

1) Save as a CLIENT-SIDE Style Sheet in an existing or new HTML file (htm, .html)

To view your Style Sheet into a webpage you have already created, use this option. Or to place the Style Sheet in a new HTML file, to be edited later in either the CoffeeCup HTML Editor++ or another editor.

2) Save as a SERVER SIDE Style Sheet (.CSS)

You can save just the Style Sheet and have a reference link on your webpage that will apply it to your .html file. Here is how it works: You save the Style Sheet in .CSS format. All it will contain are the Style Sheet properties you have defined. Next, you need to place LINK REL code in your webpage to link the style sheet attributes to your webpage. You can easily do this with the StyleSheet Maker++.

1. Click on the Files tab and then locate your webpage in the File Control . Double click on your webpage and it will appear in an HTML Source Code Viewer window.

2. Click on the LINK REL button This will create the code outline for the link in the currently active file. Just add the filename of your .css file and type in a title. Make sure to place the code above the <BODY> tag in your webpage: Your code will look like this:

This code tells the browser to retrieve your .CSS file and to use it as the Style Sheet for the page.

3) Save as SERVER HTML (.ASP,.SHTML, .PHTML) or TEXT FILE (.TXT, .CGI, .PL)

Use this option if you want to save your file as either server HTML or as a text file.

NOTE:

It is recommended that you save all your work before you start implementing any Style Sheets into your webpage. It is also recommended that you test out your Style Sheet before you place it into your webpage.

Style Sheets will enhance your work, they will not delete any content you have on your webpage. But, if you have a webpage with a Style Sheet already in it, and you Save a New one over it, the previous Style Sheet will be erased.