Create a CSS File

With CSS(Cascading Style Sheets), you can define the styles/html elements of a page or multiple pages all at once.  You can set a CSS file in one location and apply the CSS to as many web pages as you need.  You can also apply multiple CSS files to a web page.

Create a CSS File in FrontPage

  1.  
  • FrontPage 2000: Switch to the Page view. (View > Page).  Go to File > New > Page
  • FrontPage 2002: Go to File > New > Page or Web. Click "Page Templates" in the right column.
  • FrontPage 2003: Go to File > New.  Click "More page templates" in the right column.
  1. Click Style Sheets tab and then select Normal Style Sheet.  This will open a blank CSS page.
  2. Type your styles.  If you are not familiar with CSS syntax, select Format - Style on the menu bar, and then select a style you want to modify.

For a complete CSS syntax and browser compatibility, please visit http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp or check your CSS book.

Apply a CSS File to your web pages

Open your web page.  On the menu bar, select Format - Style Sheet Links.  This will bring up a dialog box.  Click Add button and browse to your CSS file and then click OK.(To apply the CSS to all of the pages in your web site, click All Pages)