Because you are able to create a separate Stylesheet and
link it to all your webdocuments, you have great control
over how your website looks. So if you want to change a
certain aspect of your page, you only need to alter one
file: your Stylesheet!

This Of course, generates some great flexibility. This
flexibility is not available when your website is using
tables for layout, inline font tags or inline defined colors.

A single CSS file can contain positioning, layout, font,
colors and style information for an entire web site.

2. You site uses less bandwidth and loads faster

Because stylesheets are so lightweight, your website will
load much faster. The main reason is because you do not
need table layouts anymore for the positioning of elements.
Since text loads really really fast your website will be
visible in a flash.

This means that visitors will be happier when surfing your
website. They only have to download the Stylesheet once, and
it's automatically reused for every page. So the only thing
that needs to be loaded is the actual content.

On average a website will load five to ten times faster if it
makes use of cascading style sheets.

3. Your website will automatically gain better search engine
results

With CSS, you can position any element, anywhere you want. So
if your menu is at the bottom of your HTML document, you can
bring it up using absolute positioning. The reason this is
useful is to make sure the search engine spiders pick up the
main content first.

Another advantage you automatically gain is that your HTML
code is much cleaner. So the search engine spider will not
have to separate the junk code from the real content.

So make sure you put your logo text and your menu at the
bottom of your HTML document at put it at the top using CSS!

4. CSS is compatible with newer browsers

Because more and more browsers are used other than Internet
Explorer on a Windows machine, you need to be sure that your
website is accessible by all major and newer browsers.

By using webstandards, defined by the w3c, you are making sure
your content is viewable in the future.

Because there are so many browsers these days, it is impossible
to test your website in all these browsers on different
configurations.Coding to standards is then the only practical
solution.

5. CSS can be used to display the same content on different
media.

Because you are able to define different stylesheets for
different media you have great flexibility in presenting
your content.

The printer for example, is a medium on itself. If someone
prints out your website, you will be able to modify the look
of it. Add an extra black and white logo, remove the
advertisements and change the colors to black and white values.
It's all done easily by using cascading stylesheets. And the
best thing is, visitors do not even have to know you created
a new Stylesheet especially for the printer.

Stylesheets can also be created specifically for PDA's and
such.As you will understand, this adds some great flexibility
to the presentation of your web document.

Conclusion

Cascading Style Sheets are created to make things easier. It
gives you great control of your website and makes your visitors
happy when they are surfing your website.

You are prepared for the future and will gain better search
engine results automatically. Start using CSS to its full
potential today!It will suit you well.

written by Nasir