Using the MCPS Stylesheet Webmaster Worksession March 22, 2004

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Prepared by Gail Horvath, Web Services Team - OGAT, MCPS
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Using the MCPS Stylesheet
Webmaster Worksession March 22, 2004
What is CSS?
CSS (cascading style sheet) is a set of rules for controlling the style of a web document
without affecting its structure.
Example: http://www.w3schools.com/css/demo_default.htm and
http://www.csszengarden.com/
Why use CSS?
From Steve Mulder’s Stylesheets Tutorial on WebMonkey
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/authoring/stylesheets/tutorials/tutorial1.html
1. You can separate form and structure.
2. You can control layout.
3. You can make smaller and faster pages.
4. You can maintain or update many pages at once, faster and easier than before.
5. You can be browser friendly.
6. You can establish a “look and feel” that is consistent across your pages. (added by gah)
7. Accessibility is increased and more consistent. (added by gah)
How does CSS work?
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/stylesheet_guide/works.html
“CSS overrides the browser’s default settings for interpreting how tags should be
displayed, letting you use any HTML element indicated by an opening and closing tag
(including the…