CSS Fundamentals

Topic Overview

The Anatomy of Style

Select and Declare Elements and Rules Property and Value The Anatomy of Style TODO

Style Guide

Where to Style The Style Attribute The Style Element The Style Document TODO

CSS Documents

Directory Placement The <link> Tag Relationship Type Href The <link> Element TODO

CSS Applied

Comments in CSS Understanding Styling Applying Style TODO

Selector Types

Universal Selectors Element Selectors Class Selectors ID Selectors TODO

Cascading

Cascading in CSS Rules Order Specificity Setting Importance TODO

Exploring Color

Specifying Color Color Names RGB Values Hex Codes Saturated Color Desaturated Color (Grayscale) Combining Colors TODO

Using Color

Background Color Text Color Opacity Basic Positioning Learn More TODO

The Style Document

how css and html files link together to reach the user

It is perfectly acceptable to place CSS within the HTML document if the CSS is minimal, like we did in Project 2. Usually, however, you should place CSS in one or more external "style sheets.".

The next section is dedicated to this method.