Actually you should be able to do most of what was possible with the layer tag with CSS. Plus, CSS does a whole lot more.

You can effectively use Perl to handle just plain HTML content and use CSS to do all your layout and effects. If done carefully you can re-skin/re-design your site by only changing the CSS (never having to touch the Perl or HTML again).

Take a look at these sites:

• CSS-Discuss Wiki
• A List Apart
• CSS Zen Garden

The first two have lots of tips and examples on CSS layout. The last one is a showcase of layouts all using exactly the same HTML code (the only thing different from page to page is the CSS).

If you really wanted to get wild you could set up a perl script to dynamically generate your CSS. (But that defeats one of the speed advantages of CSS - local caching).

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