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

Understanding Styling

Let’s look at some applied CSS to understand how it will affect our web pages.

You’ll see in the example below that the <h1>, <p>, <strong>, and <em> elements are selected. Except for the first instance with the line containing .main-content, the elements are selected using “element” or “type” selectors. “Main Content” uses a class selector (.className), which will be discussed in a few pages.

Each declaration block has multiple style rules, each affecting a specific aspect. The declarations for each selector either affect the border or background color.

Notice that the code creating borders in the displayed HTML sample below makes it easier to identify the individual elements visually.

Visit the next page to try styling this content yourself!