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Intro to CSS
ObjectivesDefine CSS and the role that it plays in WebDevView websites before and after CSS has been addedUnderstand the "general rule" for CSS syntax
Cascading Style SheetsThe "adjectives"
selector { property: value; anotherProperty: value;}
The General Rule
/*Make All h1's purple and 56px font*/h1 { color: purple; font-size: 56px;}
/*Give All img's a 3px red border*/
img { border-color: red; border-width: 3px;}
Examples
<html><head> <title>About Rusty</title> <style type="text/css"> li { color: red; } </style></head>
<h3 style="color: pink;">blah blah blah </h3><h3 style="color: pink;">knock knock </h3>
<p style="color: yellow;">blah blah blah </p>
Style Tag
Inline
Where do we write our styles?
<html><head> <title>About Rusty</title> <style type="text/css"> li { color: red; } </style></head>
<h3 style="color: pink;">blah blah blah </h3><h3 style="color: pink;">knock knock </h3>
<p style="color: yellow;">blah blah blah </p>
Style Tag
Inline
Bad Idea!
<!DOCTYPE html><html><head> <title>Demo Page</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="app.css"></head><body> </body></html>
Write our CSS in a separate CSS file
h1 { color: purple;}
h3 { color: pink;}
In our app.css file: The Result
Using the <link> tag
Closing Tags
<h1>I need a closing tag </h1>
<p>Me too!</p>
Self-Closing Tags
<!-- No closing tag or inner text needed -->
<img src="corgi.png">
<link href="style.css">
<!-- Don't worry about what these tags do yet -->
Adding Additional Information To Tags
<img src="corgi.png">
<p class="selected">woof woof</p>
<a href="www.google.com">Click me to go to Google</a>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
<tag name="value"></tag>
Attributes
Images<img src="corgi.png">
Links
<a href="www.google.com">Click me to go to Google</a>
<a href="www.reddit.com">Click me to go to Reddit</a>
<a href="url">Link Text</a>