System and method for website configuration and management

A method for utilizing CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) style classes with a web publishing application, the method comprising:

• importing a CSS file to a web publishing application;
• parsing each of a plurality of CSS classes within the CSS file into a plurality of separate objects, each separate object corresponding to a CSS class;
• editing one of the plurality of separate objects;
• and
• remerging the plurality of separate objects including the one of the plurality of separate objects that underwent editing into a merged CSS file.

A system for creating pages for web sites, comprising:

• a plurality of XML templates;
• a universal XML schema defining a plurality of XML schemas included in the XML templates, each of the plurality of XML schemas defining structure for at least a portion of a page being generated using at least one of the plurality of XML templates;
• at least one rule set, the at least one rule set associated with at least one of the plurality of XML schemas, the at least one rule set directing the drawing of a dialog box through which a user may specify a control to be included on the page;
• and
• a user interface enabling the selection of at least one of the plurality of XML templates.

A physical medium for use with a computing device, the physical medium holding computer-executable instructions for utilizing CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) style classes with a web publishing application, the instructions comprising:

• instructions for importing a CSS file to a web publishing application;
• instructions for parsing each of a plurality of CSS classes within the CSS file into a plurality of separate objects, each separate object corresponding to a CSS class;
• instructions for editing one of the plurality of separate objects;
• and
• instructions for remerging the plurality of separate objects including the one of the plurality of separate objects that underwent editing into a merged CSS file.