<p>The High-Tech Toastmaster</p>

6. Putting on the Style: Enhancing Your Web Site

1. Cascading Style Sheets
   1. A stylesheet defines what a tag should look like
   2. Separating form from substance
   3. Changing the stylesheet will change a whole page or a whole site's appearance all at once.
2. Fonts
   1. Your readers must have the same fonts as your site, or their brower will substitute another one.
   2. Safe fonts include serif, sanserif, Times New Roman & Times, Arial, Geneva & Helvetica, Courier, Symbol, Tahoma, Verdana, Comic Sans, Courier New, and Garamond.
3. Graphics
   1. Format
      1. JPEG/JPG - smallest files for photographs and many colors
      2. GIF - smallest files for logos and few colors
         1. Animated GIFs
         2. Transparent colors
         3. Interlaced - image comes into focus as it downloads
      3. Making them load faster
      4. Choosing colors
      5. Reducing colors
      6. Compressing files
4. Using Your Head
1. Title
2. Stylesheet
3. Keywords
4. Description
5. Base HREF
5. Scripts
   1. Client-based: Java, Javascript - your reader's computer does the work after the page downloads.
   2. Server-based: PHP, Perl, CGI, etc. - your web server's computer does the work before sending the page downloads.
   3. Turnkey services that set up scripts for you: Master.com, Bravenet.com, etc.