I once was blind, but now I see… (reblog from by other blog)
Hi, my name is Shaun Cahill. You might remember me from such Twitter posts as “CSS - I FRAKING HATE YOU! ” on Mar 4th or “I still hate CSS” :( on Mar 11th, but this weeks lecture / tutorial has shown me a side of CSS that I didn’t know before. With Michael’s help I was able to understand that CSS is like a cosmetic surgeon to the celebrity that is HTML.
Sites like css Zen Garden are really amazing when it comes to demontrating the real power that CSS holds! It’s actually fantastic to see that lines like;
body {
font: 75% georgia, sans-serif;
line-height: 1.88889;
color: #555753;
background: #fff url(blossoms.jpg) no-repeat bottom right;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}can make a real change to a HTML file. Now, I’m not saying that CSS does’nt make me quake and shiver like a frightened child! Im still trying to get my head around what I assume is fairly basic CSS for my very own Tumblr blogs. The great thing is that I can now see that there is some beautiful light at the end of the tunnel.
The rest of this semester should be like a key for me, unlocking that power and allowing me to apply these little treasures to my own designs. “I have the power”
