2. Have you ever wondered what the acronym CSS means, how it works and
what are its advantages. Then you have to wonder no more as you are in
the right place or I say the right page in which we will cover gradually
from the basic to the advance about the most powerful and popular web
design scripting style language known to the web masters and to a
limited amount of non-web expert laymen as CSS.
Basics of CSS:
So what does CSS actually stands for. CSS which is pronounced as “See S
S” is an abbreviation of Cascading Style Sheet. Basically it is not a
scripting language but a html style formatting script for defining more
options for standardized browser friendly layout of a web site.
It is build on the foundation of html web design scripting language and
defines such options as background image, background color, image
position, page width, page margins, page height and many other
advanced features which we will cover as the tutorial progresses.
3. How is it different from HTML
HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is a website design language
while CSS is a scripting language that provides solid formatting
options for the web site which creates diverse web browser
compatible layout.
Summary:
CSS “Cascading Style Sheet” is a scripting language which is used
for the formatting of html based websites. It controls such
options such as web layout, color, fonts, margins, images,
borders. The main objective of CSS is to provide standardized
layout and formatting options that is compatible to a wide
assortment of web browsers.
In the next lesson we will be covering the basic formatting option
of CSS web design script. For good example of a CSS optimized
site visit the web design site of Multiple Styles.