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Chapter 3: CSS – Styling the Webpage

CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, is essential for styling HTML elements on web pages, allowing for separation of content and design. Key attributes include the flexibility to modify design without changing HTML, consistency across web pages, and improved user experience through attractive layouts. Various methods such as inline, internal, and external CSS help achieve this styling effectively.

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  • 3

    Css – Styling The Webpage

    CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, is essential for controlling the visual presentation of webpages, enhancing their structure set by HTML.

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  • 3.1

    What Is Css?

    CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, is the language used to define the presentation of HTML content on various media.

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  • 3.2

    Why Do We Use Css?

    CSS is vital for web design as it separates content from design, ensuring consistency, flexibility, responsiveness, and improved user experience.

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  • 3.3

    Ways To Apply Css

    This section covers the three main methods for applying CSS to HTML: inline, internal, and external CSS.

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  • 3.3.1

    Inline Css

    Inline CSS is a method to apply styles directly within an HTML element using the style attribute, useful for quick styling but less effective for large websites.

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  • 3.3.2

    Internal Css

    Internal CSS involves placing CSS rules within a <style> tag in the <head> section of an HTML document, allowing for styling of a single page.

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  • 3.3.3

    External Css

    External CSS allows you to separate styling from content by linking a separate CSS file to an HTML document.

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  • 3.4

    Css Syntax: Understanding Rules And Declarations

    CSS syntax consists of rules that determine how HTML elements are styled, defined by a selector and a declaration block.

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  • 3.5

    Common Css Properties And How They Work

    This section discusses common CSS properties and how they impact the styling of HTML elements on a webpage.

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  • 3.5.1

    Colors And Backgrounds

    This section covers how to use CSS to manipulate text colors and background colors of various HTML elements.

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  • 3.5.2

    Fonts And Text Styling

    This section explains how to control fonts and text styling using CSS properties.

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  • 3.5.3

    Spacing: Margin And Padding

    This section discusses the critical concepts of margin and padding in CSS, which control the spacing around and within elements.

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  • 3.5.4

    Borders And Radius

    This section explains how to add borders and round the corners of elements using CSS.

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  • 3.5.5

    Width, Height, And Display

    This section explains how to control the size and display behavior of elements in CSS using properties such as width, height, and display.

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  • 3.6

    Css Selectors – Targeting Elements

    CSS selectors allow you to target specific HTML elements for styling purposes.

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  • 3.6.1

    Element Selector

    The Element Selector in CSS is used to style all instances of a specific HTML tag.

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  • 3.6.2

    Class Selector

    The Class Selector in CSS allows developers to apply styles to elements that share the same class name.

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  • 3.6.3

    Id Selector

    The ID selector in CSS allows styling of a unique HTML element using a specific ID, enhancing the specificity of styles applied.

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  • 3.6.4

    Grouping Selectors

    Grouping selectors in CSS allows multiple selectors to share the same styles, promoting code efficiency.

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  • 3.7

    The Css Box Model

    The CSS Box Model represents the layout structure of HTML elements, defining how content, padding, border, and margin interact.

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  • 3.8

    Positioning Elements

    This section explains various techniques for positioning elements in CSS, including static, relative, absolute, and fixed positioning.

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  • 3.9

    Practical Example: Styling A Simple Webpage

    This section demonstrates how to apply CSS to create an attractive and well-structured webpage using HTML and an external stylesheet.

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  • 3.10

    Summary

    This section summarizes key concepts of CSS, its application methods, syntax, and properties.

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