CSS

CSS

1. What is CSS?

   • CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets
   • CSS is a language that describes the style of an HTML document
   • CSS describes how HTML elements should be displayed
   • CSS describes how HTML elements are to be displayed on screen, paper, or in other media
   • CSS saves a lot of work. It can control the layout of multiple web pages all at once
   • External stylesheets are stored in CSS files

2. CSS solved a big problem

   • HTML was NEVER intended to contain tags for formatting a web page!
   • HTML was created to describe the content of a web page, like: <h1>This is a heading</h1>
   • When tags like <font> were added to the HTML code, it became a nightmare for web developers
     • To solve this problem, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) created CSS.
     • CSS removed the style formatting from the HTML page!