How to Use CSS

The Specifics

 

 How do we use CSS?  We create Style Declarations, or Style Rules.  Follow the links below to learn more about Styles.

 

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!

6. The above concepts will provide you with a good picture of what CSS is all about.  After reading through the information, head on over to the Video Tutorials which will provide several examples of CSS in action.

 

CSS Properties