Robert Vitolo CS430

 CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)  Purpose: To provide a consistent look and feel for a set of web pages To make it easy to update or manipulate the format or style of a page by separating style from content

 External Style details are maintained in their own file, separate from the other code  Internal and Inline Style elements are defined within the code Override external style rules  ASP.NET has an added feature: Skins

 To reference an external style sheet in your webpage, you must code a link element within the head element of the page.

Style Sheet Filename

 You can also do this in an automated fashion, by going into the Design mode for your webpage, clicking on format and selecting ‘Attach Style Sheet’.

 CSS sheets have a specific coding format: Selector { Property : value; } Example: h1 { color: green; } Defines all of the elements that will be impacted by the style rule.

Visual Studio gives you some access to many of the CSS functions via the VS menus.

 Allows you to add new style rules without having to memorize all of the different properties and values – accessed through the Format menu.