Reading-notes

Class 5 Reading Assignment

These are my notes from Module 4.

What is CSS?

• CSS: Style, it is a language for specifying how documents are presented to users — how they are styled, laid out, etc.
• selector “{ property: value}” for ex. body “{color: green;}

Inserting CSS

1. External CSS: you can change the look of an entire website by changing just one file!
2. Internal CSS: An internal style sheet may be used if one single HTML page has a unique style.
3. Inline CSS: An inline style may be used to apply a unique style for a single element.

Terms

1. CSS selector: is the part of a CSS rule that describes what elements in a document the rule will match. The matching elements will have the rule’s specified style applied to them.
2. Property: is a characteristic (like color) whose associated value defines one aspect of how the browser should display the element.
3. Modules: As there are so many things that you could style using CSS, the language is broken down into modules. 4.

Cheat Sheet

1. Float : allows the different elements to move around
2. id selector: enables the grabbing of a specific element id=”main-pic” (for html) #hero {float: left;} (for CSS)
3. Class: allows elements to be grouped together. Class=”lower sections” “.” for CSS to apply to the class that you want

4. References

5. CSS Reference page 2.