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 Element

Within an HTML document, for example index.html, you can place CSS within a style element (<style>...</style>). This is the practice we’ve been using so-far in the course.

NOTE: You should place your style element inside the <head> element as one of the last entries.