Thursday, 29 November 2012

WEB DEVELOPING 101: CSS & HTML


"Simplicity is the Highest form of sophistication."



- Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011

CSS and HTML

CSS: Cascading Style Sheets allows the user to have far more greater control in the physical attributes within HTML.  It includes elements such as the layout, colour and fonts. It allows Web Designers to define the appearance of their webpage, and therefore make it more user friendly and appealing to their audience.
Below I have embedded a video from YouTube which gives a good insight into using CSS for beginners.


Here is just a few of the many things that can be done using CSS:

1. Forms and Form elements: Make a datasheet-style web form from using CSS in order to take details.

2. Ordered Lists: Through CSS, we are able to create ordered lists, which helps the user to find what they are looking for so much quicker.






3. Customized bubbles: We are also able to write are text in speech bubbles to give the user reading the webpage the effect that an actual conversation is taking place.





CSS was introduced together with HTML 4, to provide a better way to style HTML elements.
CSS can be added to HTML in the following ways:
  • Inline - using the style attribute in HTML elements
  • Internal - using the <style> element in the <head> section
  • External - using an external CSS file
The preferred way to add CSS to HTML, is to put CSS syntax in separate CSS files.
However, if you need any help using CSS, simply follow the link below:

http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp