W08 // CSS: APPLYING AND SELECTING
OCT 7 · Ch 4 Sec 1-3 + Margaret Hamilton · DUE: Styled page with external sheet
This week's deckPPTX
// RUN OF SHOW (8:45-10:15)
8:45
Stand-up: last week's deliverable graded, questions answered
9:20
At the keyboard: guided type-along
9:45
Build time: assignment or project work
10:10
Close: commit, push, and preview next week's reading
// THE POINT THIS WEEK
What CSS is. Inline, internal, external. Selector syntax: tags, classes, ids.
// TALKING POINTS
Style lives apart
- HTML says what things are; CSS says how they look
- Inline, internal, external: three homes for CSS, and external wins
- One external sheet can restyle a hundred pages at once; that's the point
Selectors choose the target
- Tag selectors hit every one: h1 { }
- Classes are reusable labels: .warning, selected with a dot
- Ids are one-of-a-kind: #masthead, selected with a hash
- Specific beats general when rules collide; that's the cascade being fair
// LINKS