Chapter 7  Learning More About Styles

Style is a way to say who you are without having to speak. —Rachel Zoe

This chapter covers

  • Learning the three methods for adding styles to a web page
  • Adding power and flexibility with classes
  • Understanding the units of measurement you can use in your CSS

How do you craft pages that rise above the humdrum? How do you design pages that go beyond the same old, same old? One word: styles. If you've seen a web page that you think is well designed, know that the page uses styles to achieve that look. If there's a web designer whose work you admire, know that the designer mastered styles that make her work stand out. You saw several useful styles in Part 1 of the book, but those styles are only a taste of what's ...

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