naming stylesheet titles

[Brian]

A question of minutiae:

I will soon develop a site for a business. I hope to provide the
client with enough knowledge about css and html that she can take it
over when it's done and maintain it herself. For other sites I've
done, I've titled the preferred screen stylesheet "default." However,
this seems likely to cause confusion when I try to explain that css
will suggestion a presentation different than the browser default.
Thus, I'm looking for another title for the default author stylesheet.
"author" might seem a bit odd for a visitor (or will it?). "normal"
seems presumputuous. Geez, why can't I come up with something? I
suppose I could give it a name based on how it looks on a computer
screen, but I don't know that yet. I'm still working on the links in
html. Any ideas?

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[Kris]

In article <YkESa.107732$ye4.80643@sccrnsc01>,
Brian <us*****@mangymutt.com.invalid-remove-this-part> wrote:

Any ideas?

main.css
screen.css
site.css
[client name here].css
styles.css
stylesheet.css
css.css
pamela_anderson.css (if your site is about her and you would like that
micro-bit of extra ranking in google)

kris.css

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[Jim Dabell]

Brian wrote:

I will soon develop a site for a business. I hope to provide the
client with enough knowledge about css and html that she can take it
over when it's done and maintain it herself. For other sites I've
done, I've titled the preferred screen stylesheet "default." However,
this seems likely to cause confusion when I try to explain that css
will suggestion a presentation different than the browser default.
Thus, I'm looking for another title for the default author stylesheet.

"Recommended"?
"Preferred"?

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[Stephen Poley]

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 22:03:36 GMT, Brian
<us*****@mangymutt.com.invalid-remove-this-part> wrote:

A question of minutiae:

I will soon develop a site for a business. I hope to provide the
client with enough knowledge about css and html that she can take it
over when it's done and maintain it herself. For other sites I've
done, I've titled the preferred screen stylesheet "default." However,
this seems likely to cause confusion when I try to explain that css
will suggestion a presentation different than the browser default.
Agreed.
Thus, I'm looking for another title for the default author stylesheet.
"author" might seem a bit odd for a visitor (or will it?). "normal"
seems presumputuous. Geez, why can't I come up with something?

Standard? Basic? General? Typical? Usual? Simple?

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[CJM]

I tend to have a standard CSS for each site, curiously called 'standard'.
Not exactly inspirational, I know, but it's a fair title. It suggests that
it is the standard CSS that will be applied for most users, unless they have
taken steps to ensure otherwise (eg. selecting a user CSS in Opera, or
disabling stylesheets). Alternatively, I name the main CSS after the site or
application it supports, so you might go along with 'acmewidgets.css'.

I guess 'normal' is a little presumptuous, but I dont think you could be
condemned for using it.

I dont really like 'default' for the same reasons as you, but again, I dont
think it is necessary inappropriate.

I definitely dont like 'author'; I know that in theory your stylesheet is
really the 'authors suggested stylesheet' rather than the 'normal
stylesheet', but I think this subtlety is lost on the average punter.

The bottom line is you know what constitutes a reasonable name, so just pick
one and get on with it. You are not going to pick an absolute howler, so
dont sweat about it.

hth,

CJM


"Brian" <us*****@mangymutt.com.invalid-remove-this-part> wrote in message
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A question of minutiae:

I will soon develop a site for a business. I hope to provide the
client with enough knowledge about css and html that she can take it
over when it's done and maintain it herself. For other sites I've
done, I've titled the preferred screen stylesheet "default." However,
this seems likely to cause confusion when I try to explain that css
will suggestion a presentation different than the browser default.
Thus, I'm looking for another title for the default author stylesheet.
"author" might seem a bit odd for a visitor (or will it?). "normal"
seems presumputuous. Geez, why can't I come up with something? I
suppose I could give it a name based on how it looks on a computer
screen, but I don't know that yet. I'm still working on the links in
html. Any ideas?

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[Tim]

On Sun, 20 Jul 2003 22:03:36 GMT,
Brian <us*****@mangymutt.com.invalid-remove-this-part> wrote:

I will soon develop a site for a business. I hope to provide the
client with enough knowledge about css and html that she can take it
over when it's done and maintain it herself. For other sites I've
done, I've titled the preferred screen stylesheet "default." However,
this seems likely to cause confusion when I try to explain that css
will suggestion a presentation different than the browser default.
Thus, I'm looking for another title for the default author stylesheet.

I'd name it after the site, so it sounds like it belongs to the site.
Using the main site title, something suitably descriptive, or the domain
name, whichever seems more sensible.

Though, if you intend to make several style sheets, then it'd pay to
expand that a bit.

e.g. For http://www.example.com/ use example.css
or, example-main.css with example-special.css, etc.

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[Brian]

CJM wrote:

I will soon develop a site for a business. I hope to provide the
client with enough knowledge about css and html that she can take it
over when it's done and maintain it herself. [snip]
I'm looking for another title for the default author stylesheet.

I tend to have a standard CSS for each site, curiously called 'standard'.
Not exactly inspirational, I know, but it's a fair title. [snip]

The bottom line is you know what constitutes a reasonable name, so just pick
one and get on with it. You are not going to pick an absolute howler, so
dont sweat about it.

Of course. This is not so much for my benefit -- I would know that
default.css is not the browser default -- but for the site owner who
knows little to nothing about web authoring.

Lots of good ideas, from you and from everyone else. Thanks! :)

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