Ernest Cook – snetErz.com – Freelance Web Design

There is a time when a young man needs to branch out and learn something new. That time had come for me with the presence of CSS. Neglecting the technology for many years relying mainly on the disastrous use of table tags, I needed to do something different. No longer were the days that I could make an infinite amount of table nests. Not only was it completely complicated, the code was an eyesore.
The following design was my first delve into the nature of CSS. Spending about ten hours in a single day, I grasped the concept of how CSS works, and what benefits it brings along. However in that same regard, there were many demons lying under the depths that were not at first apparent. Cross browser compatibility issues were becoming a nightmare for me as I began my endeavor in CSS. With IE5.5 and 6.0 still in high use at the time it was plain difficult to deal with. Spending many hours staring at a screen in the hopes that a few tweaks here and there would fix the problem usually ended up fruitless.
It wasn’t until I decided to actually look at some standards in using CSS, that things really started to seem easier. Sure there are still the occasional bugs in IE6 that must be dealt with eventually, but as a whole things are looking up. I’ve only been using CSS now for three years, and as it stands right now, I don’t plan on going back to those pesky tables anytime soon. Even if it means having to deal with IE6 (even though that is soon coming to a close). To get to the point of all this. Sometimes it just pays off in sticking with something whether it looks like it is worth it or not. I have managed to build up quite a few tricks over the last three years as I learn CSS, and continue to seek out more.