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Design the CSS Style Sheet in Dreamweaver CS4

Now it is time to specify the styles for your header div tag.

  • In the screen that opens. Select ‘Background’. Browse the header background image.
    Design the CSS Style Sheet in Dreamweaver CS4
  • Select ‘Box’. For the Width, type ’100′ and select ‘%’ from the drop down. For the Height type ’94′ and select ‘px’ from the drop down. Click ok.
    header-css-box
  • You will come back to the ‘Insert Div tag’ screen. Click OK.
  • In your template page you will see the ‘header’ div displayed with the background image and the height/width specified in the css style sheet.
    Design the CSS Style Sheet in Dreamweaver CS4

You will see that there is a white margin around the ‘header’ div. This is because html pages have a default margin/ padding. To remove this we will give new properties to the ‘body’ tag within the css stylesheet. To do this:

  • Bring up the ‘CSS Styles’ panel [Window > CSS Styles]
  • Click the ‘New CSS Rule’ icon at the bottom.
    Design the CSS Style Sheet in Dreamweaver CS4
  • Choose the following:
    – Selector type: Tag
    – Selector Name: body
    – Rule Definition: styles.css
    Click OK
    Design the CSS Style Sheet in Dreamweaver CS4
  • In the CSS Rule Definition screen that opens, select Box and type ’0′ for both Padding and Margin. Click OK.
    Design the CSS Style Sheet in Dreamweaver CS4
  • You will see that the header is now sticking to the top, left and right of the screen in template.dwt. The deafault margin and padding has been removed.

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