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Styling your page with CSS
css in your html page
<code<style> CCS goes inside the style tags </style> in the head of the html page.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<style>
<!-- you css style-sheet will go in here -->
body{
background: #FF19DC;
color: black;
font-family: mono;
}
</style>
</head>
</html>
<body></body>
</html>
anatomy of a css style-sheet
Source: http://dabrook.org/resources/posters/
- CSS rule:
- element (what element(s) is being styled)
- property (what property from the element is being styled) - value pair (how is it being styled)
div {
background: blue;
color: white;
width: 500px;
height: 250px;
font-size:30pt;
}
Here we are styling the element(s) div in the html page.
css properties
CSS Property reference https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference
id and class attributes
Two of the most used attributes in HTML is id and class.
They are important to distinguish and group different elements. And become particularly important in CSS styling.
Note:
id
Ids cannot repeat in the same file. They are used to distinguish tags
The symbol for id is: #
<div id="square" style="background:black; color:red; width:400px; height:100px"/>
Id can server as a anchor (link) point within each page.
==css id selector(for a specific element)==
class
Classes can be used INFINITE TIMES in a file. They are used to group tags.
The symbol for class is: #
<p class="text">A</p>
<p class="text">B</p>
<p class="text">C</p>
==css class selector(for a group of elements)==
css for several elements (for a group of elements)
styling links
css uses a pseudo-class for the different states of a link
a:visited - a link the user has visited a:hover - a link when the user mouses over it a:active - a link the moment it is clicked
display
- display: none;
- display: inline;
- display: block;
- display: inline-block;
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/display
position property
- relative
- absolute
- fixed
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/position
centering
Online Resources
- CSS Property reference https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference
- Lynda.com CSS-Selectors (Part 1) http://www.lynda.com/CSS-tutorials/CSS-Selectors/192036-2.html?org=hr.nl
- Lynda.com CSS Gradients (Part2,3) http://www.lynda.com/CSS-tutorials/Exploring-linear-syntax/115467/122823-4.html
