Learning how to use cascading style sheets is not for everyone. Why is it useful to keep the style defined in a separate document? here are some reasons: * Once you have a style sheet,. you can use it for many documents; * When you do that, the browser caches the style sheet, which saves download time; * You can change the look and feel of all your documents just by changing the style sheet; * A style sheet language is independent of the HTML language: it can grow separately. * Because it keeps your HTML clean, putting the style in a separate sheet helps you with device independence and access for those with disabilities; * You can have separate style sheets for the printed version of a document. For anyone who is interested in learning more about using Cascading Style Sheets, listed below are just a few of the resources. CSS Tutorial from W3schools http://www.w3schools.com/Css/default.asp complete css guide http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/css_tutorial/introduction/key_ideas.html Learn CSS step by step http://www.csstutorial.net/ CSS Beginner Tutorial http://htmldog.com/guides/cssbeginner/ CSS Intermediate Tutorial http://htmldog.com/guides/cssintermediate/ CSS Advanced Tutorial http://htmldog.com/guides/cssadvanced/ If you want every page of your sites to have a different look, then no using style sheets is probably not for you. Yes, there is a learning curve for learning how to both use and write CSS and valid HTML code. No, cleaning up a site that has non standards compliant code and styles all within the page is NOT an easy or quick job. But if you want a site that is easier to maintain and update (especially a very large site) then yes using a style sheet is the way to go. In the end, we each make our own choices and what is right for me is not necessarily right for anyone else. Even a very simple site can benefit from using a style sheet. pat

Thanks for the links. Sounds simple enough. Might be worth a try? Web pages should separate content from appearance. As a developer this means that the information in your web site should go into your HTML files, but HTML files should not contain information about how that information is displayed. And you've probably guessed by now that information about how the pages should appear goes into CSS files. Some of the discussion of what people are trying to acomplish is a bit ridiculous. I have enough work and headaches with research, not glitz.