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The CSS Explained

Overview

The CSS resides on a central web server, and will be accessed from web pages on all other servers. It is not intended that the CSS be copied to individual web servers. Most web sites on campus need not concern themselves with the CSS. However, here is a brief overview of the components

UWblank.css: General control for everything but column layout.

UW2col.css: controls the two column layout.

UW3col.css: controls the three column layout.

UWhome.css: controls the collage placement for a home page layout.

UWprint.css: removes the left navigation and sets page width to 100%

custom.css - a CSS that can be created for each site if required. The custom.css can be used to override background colours, etc.For the most part, you will use a custom.css to override formatting that has been set in UWblank.css.

Some Styles Defined in UWblank.css

The styles defined in UWblank.css relate to the DIVs defined in the template. Below is a list of the ones you will most likely want to modify.

Style Name
Function
#primarynavarea controls main lefthand navigation
#secondnavarea the right hand or secondary navigation area
#secondnav an area within secondnavarea
#contentbar the gold bar containing the page title
#primarycontarea the document body