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WHAT IS CSS ?
CSS is an acronym for Cascading Style Sheet. It is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document written in a markup language such as HTML or XML. CSS is a cornerstone technology of the World Wide Web, alongside HTML and JavaScript. Just as it's name implies, it is used for adding styles to a web page . Read more about CSS HERE.
FORMAT OF CSS
CSS files are saved using the .css extension. For example First.css, Resume.css. It takes a combination of several. It has the syntax:
selector {
attribute name: attribute value;
}
ADDING CSS TO AN HTML FILE
CSS can be added to HTML in three (3) ways:
- Inline method
- Internal method
- External method
1- Inline method: In this method, the CSS codes are added inside the tags to be styles. This is done inside the HTML file. It looks like this:
<p style="color:red;"> I am a red paragraph</p>
2- Internal method: In this method, the style element is added in the head section of the HTML file. It looks like this:
<head>
<style type="text/css">
......
</style>
</head
3- External method: In this method, the CSS codes are written in another document/file and then linked with the HTML file through an HTML link tag which has the format: <link rel="stylesheet" href="CSS_fileName.css">
External method is most recomended .