CSS/Basic Code

Revision as of 14:40, 10 November 2013

Link - defines the css page to include for formatting the page

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheet.css"/>
 type=text/css  -- defines the type of file
 rel=stylesheet -- same as above
 href= -- points to the location

General Format for most CSS

 selector {
 property: primary value, backup value;
 property: primary value, backup value;
 }

Example:

 sets all paragraphs to the color of red
 p{
 color: red;
 }
 

Comment

/*I'm a comment!*/

Built in default fonts for CSS

serif
sans-serif
cursive

Classes & IDs
Allows you to create specific groups that you can then apply styling to, very granular

ie.

Introduction

you can then use CSS to only apply styling to this specific ID:
#intro{
     color: red;
}