Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are a great way to make web design not only more powerful, but also easier and faster to create. By creating basic style rules for your web page you can make a unique and colorful web site quickly and easily. Here is a brief introductory look at CSS.
You want to make a web page. You know the basics of HTML. You know about the tags, and putting in images and links. But what if you want to do a little bit more? There are lots of ways to improve on your web design, but one of the simplest is the use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).
What are Cascading Style Sheets?
Have you ever noticed that most of the text that you see on different web pages always seems to be the same? Same font, same colors, etc.? HTML has a default setting for all text on its pages. Unless told otherwise by the HTML document, all text on any web page built by anyone will be the same.
There are special codes that one can insert into an HTML document to change things such as the font size, type, and color. However, this can often be quite time-consuming and confusing, if you are planning to make changes at different parts of your text, because you will have to begin and end commands over and over.
This is where CSS comes in. By inserting style sheets at the beginning of your web page, you can define the look of your web page from the very beginning and these rules will become the new default for all text on your web page. You can even create a separate css file which you can use for a number of different web pages on your web site.