---
title: "CSS conversion of my Radio weblog"
date: 2003-09-25
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2003"
    url: "/tag/2003.md"
---

# CSS conversion of my Radio weblog

I’ve done a re-design of my Radio weblog, using CSS. Look ma, no tables! Yes, it’s now a tableless design. I’m doing my bit for the [web standards](https://web.archive.org/web/20040310152351/http://www.webstandards.org/) cause, although I haven’t yet achieved 100% XHTML validation. For my re-design I used [ a CSS Zen Garden design](https://web.archive.org/web/20040310152351/http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=http://home.earthlink.net/~landisdesign/zenGarden/landisdesign.css) by [Michael Landis](https://web.archive.org/web/20040310152351/http://home.earthlink.net/~landisdesign/), who kindly gave me permission to use it. I figured the best way to get into CSS design is to learn from the masters, then later when I have more confidence I’ll attempt an original design. This re-design exercise has been an excellent lesson for me on CSS and XHTML. You can’t beat the motto ‘learn by doing’ in the Web world!

All in all, I don’t think my CSS efforts will make [Zeldman’s hit parade](https://web.archive.org/web/20040310152351/http://www.zeldman.com/daily/0903b.shtml#cssconversions) – but at least I’ve made my debut in the CSS charts 😉

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/2003/09/25.html#a121))*