Can I edit the heading selectors in html without using css?

Question

I am building a webpage using alot of css (my first time). I read elsewhere that it is unwise to use css tags to create styles that can be created with straight html- because a viewer may have css shut off and no style is apparent.

I have tried using

for my first heading but I do not like the look of it ( I much prefer my css styled design>. Is there a way to get that style to become heading 1? Like I want to use

and amke it appear size 12 font and blue.

Is this possible and how do I do it if it is? I am using Dreamweaver MX 2004.

Thanks! :)

Answer 1

Answer 2

It is EXTREMELY rare that a page viewer will turn off CSS. Mostly they'll do it if they're using screen readers (like, say, the blind, who must have the web page read to them) or folks who use THEIR OWN style sheets to override yours...overall, I would guess, a 10% possibility? So, my guess would be, go for it!

It's unlikely you can make it appear "size 12 font" otherwise...(I don't know, what you mean by "size 12" ...if you mean, 12 pixel ...then think of the following:)

Be KIND to your fellow page viewers! Pixel sizes are exacting, and can't be resized when the "resize text" adjustment is used up there on the View options on your browser menu! (Seen that option?) However, if you use ".8em" or say ".75em" it'll be roughly what you're looking for - it means, roughly, 80% or 75% of the page viewer's CURRENT FONT SIZE (the size their current Windows font! for all other activity.) That means, your page is "friendly" and will respond to the View option on the Browser bar! Play with it! Do as many print-size measurements as you can with "ems"!