CSS is a style sheet language used to define the appearance and formatting of a document written in a markup language — often HTML. A style in this sense is a set of text-formatting instructions, such as font, color, size, and so on. Because CSS instructions exist separately from HTML code, you can apply the same set of instructions to every page in your website, or to more than one website. Here's a list of common HTML instructions used in conjunction with CSS:
To link within HTML to an external style sheet, use the following structure:
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stylesheet.css" />
</head>
To embed styles within an HTML page:
<style type="text/css">
styles ...
</style>
Using a body style to design the overall page:
body {
margin:0;
padding:8px 4px 12px 4px;
color:#ffbf11;
background:#000000 url(images/space.gif);
}
To use a class selector in HTML:
<p class="caption">This is a caption paragraph</p>
To use an ID selector in HTML:
<div id="sidemenu"> ...menu links... </div>
Common type selectors:
body {...}
p {...}
td {...}
ul {...}
Common class selectors:
.caption {...}
.banner {...}
.main {...}
Common ID selectors:
#mainParagraph {...}
#sidemenu {...}
#footer {...}
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AJAX
asynchronous JavaScript and XML. A technique used in web page development.
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API
application programming interface. A set of rules programs use to communicate with each other.
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color stop
A special element that indicates a color to be added to a gradient.
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FTP
File Transfer Protocol. A network protocol useful for transferring files in a client-server relationship.
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HTML
HyperText Markup Language. The predominant language for building web pages.
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HTTP
HyperText Transfer Protocol. The primary networking language for the Internet.
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PHP
PHP Hypertext Processor. A scripting language that works well within HTML.
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socket
A technology that allows remote computers to maintain a persistent connection in order to communicate with each other.
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sprite
An graphic object on a web page that will be manipulated in real time.
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SQL
Structured Query Language. A programming language useful in managing relational databases.
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stateless protocol
An Internet procedure that completely breaks the connection between the client and the server after a transaction, meaning that the next transaction will require an entirely new connection.
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Telnet
A network protocol useful in interactive, text-oriented communications.
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W3C
World Wide Web Consortium. The organization that sets international standards for the World Wide Web.
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