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CSS Introduction
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CSS is the language we use to style a Web page.

What is CSS?
CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets
CSS describes how HTML elements are to be
displayed on screen, paper, or in other media
CSS saves a lot of work. It can control the
layout of multiple web pages all at once
External stylesheets are stored in CSS files

CSS Demo - One HTML Page -

Multiple Styles!
Here we will show one HTML page displayed with
four different stylesheets. Click on the "Stylesheet
1", "Stylesheet 2", "Stylesheet 3", "Stylesheet 4"
links below to see the different styles:

your HTML page. You can change the

layout of this page by selecting different
stylesheets in the menu, or by selecting
one of the following links:
Stylesheet1, Stylesheet2, Stylesheet3,
Stylesheet4.

No Styles
This page uses DIV elements to group
different sections of the HTML page.
Click here to see how the page looks
like with no stylesheet:
No Stylesheet.

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consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam
nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut
laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat
volutpat.

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit,

sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet
dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad
minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper
suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo
consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit
in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum
dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan
et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum
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Why Use CSS?

CSS is used to define styles for your web pages,
including the design, layout and variations in
display for different devices and screen sizes.

CSS Example

body {
background-color: lightblue;
}

h1 {
color: white;
text-align: center;
}

p {
font-family: verdana;
font-size: 20px;
}

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CSS Solved a Big Problem

HTML was NEVER intended to contain tags for
formatting a web page!

HTML was created to describe the content of a web

page, like:

<h1>This is a heading</h1>

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>

When tags like <font>, and color attributes were

added to the HTML 3.2 specification, it started a
nightmare for web developers. Development of
large websites, where fonts and color information
were added to every single page, became a long
and expensive process.

To solve this problem, the World Wide Web

Consortium (W3C) created CSS.

CSS removed the style formatting from the HTML

page!

If you don't know what HTML is, we suggest that

you read our HTML Tutorial.

CSS Saves a Lot of Work!

The style definitions are normally saved in external
.css files.

With an external stylesheet file, you can change the

look of an entire website by changing just one file!

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