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Computing Concepts: CSS

Computing Concepts: CSS. Aims. To understand the uses of css To understand the different types of css To be able to create a css file To be able to use the three types of css within web pages. What is CSS?. CSS stands for C ascading S tyle S heets

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Computing Concepts: CSS

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  1. Computing Concepts: CSS

  2. Aims • To understand the uses of css • To understand the different types of css • To be able to create a css file • To be able to use the three types of css within web pages

  3. What is CSS? • CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets • A set of rules applied to HTML elements • Syntax different from HTML • Works with HTML • Styles define how to display HTML elements • Describe how the page is to be displayed • Part of the specification for HTML 4

  4. Why use CSS? • Easy to apply to well written and structured HTML • Smaller file sizes • Saves bandwidth • Separates style and content • Can change whole website at once • Good for maintenance

  5. Style Sheets • Style sheets are defined by the W3C • CSS2 specification • Component of DHTML • Give you control over the appearance of a web page

  6. Advantages of CSS • The designer has control of page appearance and typographic elements such as font size, line spacing. • Style is separate from structure • Style elements can be defined in CSS removing the need for elements like <FONT> in the web document. HTML just defines the page structure.

  7. Advantages of CSS (2) • Smaller, easier to maintain documents and sites. • Because the style is removed from web documents, it should be easier to correct and update content. • You can link many pages to one style sheet so it should be easier to maintain a consistent appearance.

  8. Disadvantages of CSS • Even where there is apparent consistency style sheet elements may be implemented and displayed differently.

  9. Types of Style Sheets • Three types of style sheet • Inline Styles • Internal Style Sheets • External Style Sheets

  10. Adding CSS • There are several ways to include styles • External style sheet (saved as a .css file) • Internal style sheet (inside the <head> tag) • Inline style (inside an HTML element)

  11. Adding CSS • Normally we use html tags to say what is on a page - <p>, <h1>, <table> • These tags have attributes to say what the tag contents should look like • <p color blue>Test</p> • CSS can save a lot of time and provide styles for multiple documents

  12. Inline Style Sheet • In the HTML Tag • Can use multiple styles in a single tag • <p style="color: blue; margin-left: 20px"> This is a paragraph </p> • No real advantage to using this. It is like using the attributes of a tag. • Use if want to change a tag from what is being set by a previous style

  13. Internal Style Sheet • In the Head Tag • <head> <style type="text/css"> h1 {color: sienna} p {margin-left: 20px} body {background-image: url("images/back40.gif")} </style> • </head> • Used to provide style for a particular page • Will override external style if you want one page to look different from the rest of the site

  14. Font – Using Internal Style • To change fonts use the style tag in the head of your webpage <html> <head><title>Style</title> <style type=“text/css”> body {font-family:Arial} </style> </head>

  15. Colours – Using Internal Style <style type=“text/css”> body {font-family:Arial} body {color:black} body {background-color:yellow} h1 {color:red} h2 {color:blue} h3 {color:green} </style>

  16. External Style Sheet • The web pages link to an external style sheet by using the <link> tag • <head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mystyle.css" /> </head> • If all the pages link to mystyle.css then a change to this file updates the whole site • Can write the style sheet in any text editor, for example notepad • Must save with the .css extension

  17. CSS File • Does not contain html tags • Is a text file • Must be saved as .css • Example body {background-color: yellow} h1 {font-size: 36pt} h2 {color: blue} p {margin-left: 50px}

  18. Examples: Inline, Internal, External External body {background-color: yellow} h1 {font-size: 36pt} h2 {color: blue} p {margin-left: 50px} Internal <style type="text/css"> h1 {color: sienna} p {color:blue;margin-left: 20px} body {background-image: url("images/back40.gif")} </style> Inline <p style="color: blue; margin-left: 30px">

  19. Activity: Write style to make: • H1 yellow and Arial • All other text silver and "Comic Sans MS " • Background navy colour

  20. Answer <style type=“text/css”> body {font-family:"Comic Sans MS"} body {color:silver} body {background-color:navy} h1 {color:yellow} h1 {font-family:Arial} </style>

  21. CSS – Order of Precedence • If more than one style is used the following order of importance is applied: • Browser default • External style sheet • Internal style sheet (inside the <head> tag) • Inline style (inside an HTML element) • Inline has the highest priority

  22. CSS Syntax • The syntax is made up of the following components • selector {property: value} • body {color: black} • Property and value separated by : • Property and value must be in { } • p {font-family: "sans serif"} – in this case the value is multiple words, must use “ ”

  23. CSS Syntax 2 • p {text-align:center;color:red} • Can use multiple properties and values as above – must separate each with a ; • For readability should put each property on a new line p { text-align: center; color: black; font-family: arial }

  24. CSS Syntax 3 • h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 { color: green } • The example above shows how you can group selectors. Separate by , • The example means whenever you use a heading h1-h6 the colour will be green

  25. Activities • Create a html page that uses an inline style – save this in inline.html • Create a html page that uses an internal style – save as internal.html • Create a css file using notepad create styles for background colour, paragraphs, headings, links etc – save as test.css • Create 2 web pages – make them use the external style sheet – test.css • Visit the www.w3schools.com/css site

  26. Remaining Lectures • Careers • Module Choice Event

  27. Questions?

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