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Headings, borders, table layouts, Fonts and font
colors, text alignment, pixel size, line height, letter spacing,
word spacing, font weights, page margins, and even background
images; and the way they work is a big improvement over just
plain old HTML. Are you beginning to see the possibilities and
just how powerful this can be?

There are three ways to use CSS:

1) Inline: The CSS tags are applied to the web page itself,
to any body element you choose. This is not the best method,
as you'll have to find each incidence in the web site in
order to make changes in the future.

Example of this:

Text Here
In the example above the text would be highlighted yellow.

2) Embedded: The actual CSS code is part of the HTML page placed
between the tags on each page. Again, placing the tags
inside the pages defeats the convenience of CSS and being able
to make global site changes from one document, but some do
like to use this method.

Example of embedded:





3) Linked: In my opinion, the best method to use.
You place a link to the CSS between the
tags on your web pages. The link looks like this:



The style sheet is a separate text document that is saved
with a .css extension like this: 

So now that you know your three options for using CSS, how do
you write the code? Every style sheet rule starts with a selector
followed by braces. A selector is any part of HTML coding like P,
Font, Body, etc.

Here's what it looks like in action:

P {font-size: 12pt}

The P above is the selector and the font specification
between the braces is the property. This code says that
all paragraphs will be 12 pt font in size.

A rule can always have multiple properties. Semicolons
separate multiple properties, commas are used to
separate multiple selectors.

Example:

P { color: black; background-color:white; font-size=12pt }

This code says you want all paragraphs black with a white
background and a 12 pt font. (Why anyone would want that is
beyond me; it's just an example so go with it.)

You can always group more than one selector tag like this
if you want them all to look the same.

TD,H2,H1 { color: Red; background-color:pink }

This would make all table cells, and heading 1 and 2 tags red
with a pink background. Attractive don't you think? Again, this
is an exaggeration to prove a point (even if it is gaudy).

Selectors are not case sensitive, so "P" is the same as "p."

H2 { color: blue } this would make all heading 2 tags blue in
color.

As you can see from these examples, CSS is not that hard to pick
up and can really give you more control over your website's
appearance. For further information, check out some of these
informative sites and you'll be a CSS pro in no time at all:

http://www.InternetBrothers.com/CSS_Basics.htm
http://www.users.f2s.com/faq/cssbasic.php3
http://www.freewebmastertips.com utorials/css
http://www.builder.cnet.com/webbuilding/pages/authoring/CSSCenter/

There are also software programs you can download that will make
the creation of CSS so much easier:

TopStyle http://www.bradsoft.com opstyle/index.asp

Dutch's CSS http://www.dutchthewiz.com/styles/Default.asp

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