css and dreamweaver

[findingme]

I'm just starting out to make my own css. Can I trust on using Dreamweaver?

[codeexploiter]

I think DreamWeaver won't create any problems if you create your CSS using it. But i prefer to use some tool that gives me some preview of my styles while i create them, i use a free tool called TopStyle Lite (http://topstyle.en.softonic.com/ie/14884)

[jscheuer1]

DW generates basically valid css but usually just creates non-descriptive class names like:


.style1 {
property/value pairs reflecting what you have instructed DW to use for this style appear here
}

This is valid but, of little help later if you want to manually edit the code as it gives you no idea what the style is for, and if the document is at all large or complex, it can be difficult to even find where this style is used. Also, DW will not get creative nor will it avoid creating duplicate styles where one style class could be applied to two or more elements.

If you want to learn css style try:

http://www.w3schools.com/css/

and a good reference:

http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot/css/

But, if you don't want to be bothered with all that, rest assured that DW is writing out valid style for the most part.

That Top Style Lite thing looks helpful but may also have its pitfalls. It certainly looks like it would be better than just using DW, unless you really don't want to learn about css style.