1. Teaching Presentation
CSS-Lesson: I
Topic: Cascading Style
Sheet (CSS) Basics
By Jakia Salam
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2. Lesson Objectives:
 Introduction to CSS
 Define a style rule or syntax
 The id and class Selectors
 Applying a style sheet to a Web Page
 Questions and Answers
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3. Introducing CSS
 CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheet. Web developers
define the look and feel of their Web pages using CSS
 It allows developers and designers to separate content
from design. CSS can be applied to any HTML and XHTML
file to render HTML or XHTML document using a Browser
 CSS provides consistent look and feel to an entire website
through precise control of web page elements
 Versions include CSS1, CSS2, CSS2.1 and CSS3 (current
version)
 Compatibility issues with different versions of CSS and
browsers need to be considered as part of web site design
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4. Introducing CSS
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5. Define style rule
 Basic syntax for CSS style is:
Selector { Property 1: value1; Property 2: value2; Property 3:
value 3;……}
 The selector is normally the HTML element you want to
style
 Each declaration consists of a property and a value
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6. The id selector
 The id selector is used to specify a style for a single,
unique element.
 The id selector uses the id attribute of the HTML
element, and is defined with a “#”.
 The style rule below will be applied to the element with
id=“header”:
Result:
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7. The class selector
 The class selector is used to specify a style for a group
of elements. Unlike the id selector, the class selector is
most often used on several elements
 The class selector uses the HTML class attribute, and is
defined with a “.” The style rule below will be applied
to the element with class=“imageright”
Result
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8. Cascade in Cascading Style Sheet
 An webpage is a combination of several style sheets:
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9. Three Ways to Insert CSS
 External style sheet
 Internal style sheet
 Inline style
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10. External Style Sheets
 External style sheet is a separate document with a .css
extension.
 Linking an external style sheet <link> or @import:
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11. Why external CSS is always a
better choice?
 It keeps your website design and content separate. It is
much easier to reuse your CSS code if you have it in a
separate file
 You can make any changes to your web pages with just a
few changes in a single CSS file
 Clean code that is easy to understand
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12. Embedded Style Sheets
 Embedded Styles are directly inserted within the head
element of an HTML document using <style> tag.
<style type=“text/css”> style rules </style>
 Example: Code for Embedded Style
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13. Inline Style Sheets
 Styles are directly applied to specific elements using style
attribute.
<element style=“style rules”>…………</element>
 Example:
Inline Style
 Very clear exactly what page element is being formatted
 Not recommend in most cases.
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14. CSS Demo
 http://www.w3schools.com/css/demo_default.htm
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15. Some of my sample web designs using CSS
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16. Cascading Style Sheet Resources:
 W3 School
 CSS Beginner Tutorial
 Web Style Sheets CSS tips & tricks
 Zen Garden
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17. Thank You
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18. Any Questions?
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19. Website:
 jakiasalam.com
 NCDLA 2009 Distance Learning Awards
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20. Website with and without CSS
 http://www.jakiasalam.com/portfolio/websites/links.p
hp
 http://www.jakiasalam.com/portfolio/websites/linkste
st.php
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21. User defined
 Almost all browsers allow users to modify the default
setting of the internal style sheet.
 Example: using user defined CSS in safari browser
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