Different types of CSS

[swatisharma]

I just read about different types of CSS files- CSS1, CSS2 and CSSp.
Wat r these n how do they differ from each other? Wat is the need of different types of CSS files? How r they different in their application?
I would be grateful for any answers. Thanx. :confused:

[Mr Initial Man]

CSS2 is to CSS1 what HTML 4.01 is to HTML 2.0: CSS2 is an updated version of CSS, with all the old features and several new ones. It's still CSS.

I don't know what CSSp is, but my guess is that it COULD be for printing rather than for showing on the screen.

[swatisharma]

Thnx 4 yr rep But i read on css.zengarden site that they want to see as much CSS1 as possible as compared to CSS2. By what u hv jus told it seems like 1 and 2 simply denote versions. Then y is a lower version preferred?

[Mr Initial Man]

That's easy to answer:

CSS2 is several years old, but the most popular browser, Internet Explorer, doesn't fully support that version yet. On the other hand, the older version, CSS1, is far better supported by Internet Explorer.

[swatisharma]

Thanx again!

[Mr Initial Man]

Glad to help

[felgall]

There have been 4 versions of CSS

CSS1
CSS-P (CSS1 with positioning added)
CSS2

and the latest version that none of the web browsers fully support yet CSS3.

[Mr Initial Man]

I wondered what CSS-P was. Thanks, Felgall