3. CSS Basics

In This Chapter

The Basic CSS Selectors 34

Inline: Adding Styles to an HTML Tag 35

Embedded: Adding Styles to a Web Page 38

External: Adding Styles to a Web Site 41

(Re)Defining HTML Tags 48

Defining Reusable Classes 51

Defining Unique IDs 55

Defining Universal Styles 59

Grouping: Defining Elements Using the Same Styles 62

Adding Comments to CSS 66

Putting It All Together 68

CSS lets you control all the elements of your document’s appearance—fonts, text, colors, backgrounds, sizes, borders, spacing, positioning, visual effects, tables, and lists. However, the real power of using CSS for styles is that you can change the appearance of every page on your Web site by changing only a few lines of CSS code.

With savvy use of CSS, ...

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