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CSS For Beginners - Expression Web 3

What is CSS?

CSS is an Acronym for Cascading Style Sheets.  HTML and CSS are used together to Design Web Pages.   HTML is used to create the Structure of a web page, while CSS Styles the Structure.

Without CSS, our Web Pages would look dull and lifeless.  Without HTML, we would have nothing to Style!  Therefore, CSS and HTML is one example of a Perfect Marriage!

That said, you do need a bit of HTML knowledge in order to effectively use CSS.  Fortunately, Expression Web writes all the code for us and all we must do is apply the correct HTML tag to our content. 

In a nutshell, CSS is a heck of a lot easier to learn and use when using Expression Web.

 

Don't let CSS scare you off!

CSS is not really that difficult to learn.  I will be adding some videos showing you exactly how to use CSS to apply styles to your web pages.  These videos are very simple to follow and present CSS unlike any other tutorials you have ever seen. 

Actually, CSS is a bit addicting once you get the hang of it !!

 

How to Get Started Learning CSS ??

The best thing for you to do is read over the Layout From Scratch Tutorial.  This will get you acquainted with using CSS to style HTML.  Likewise, you can watch a few of the Layout Videos I have on my other Web Site. 

 

How Do We Use CSS?


In order to use CSS effectively, we have to review a few concepts.  These concepts include the following:

  • 1.)  There are three types of CSS Styles, each is characterized by the location in which it is stored. 
  • 2.)  At the heart of Using CSS is the Style Declaration.  The Style Declaration is a Style Rule, or simply just a Style.  Read "Anatomy of a Style Declaration".
  • 3.)  Each Style Rule has at least one CSS Selector which defines the HTML to which the styles will be applied.
  • 4.)  Another part of a Style Rule is the Property: Value Pair.  One or more property: value pairs make up the Declaration Block of a Style.
  • 5.) Expression Web has several CSS Tools that we will use to create Style Rules.  Namely is the Style Builder.  The Style Builder allows us to use a multiple choice format when creating CSS Styles, which is much easier than writing CSS by hand!

Next, Learn about the 3 Types of CSS.  next page

Anatomy of a Style Declaration   next page

 

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