%%What is CSS? ----------- *CSS is Cascading Style Sheets *CSS describes how HTML elements are to be displayed on screen,paper,or in other media *CSS saves a lot of work.It Can control The layout of multiple web pages all at once *External stylesheets are stored in CSS files. ----------------------------- %%Why Use CSS? ------------- CSS is used to define styles for your web pages,including the design,layout and variations in display for different devices and screen sizes. %%CSS Solved a Big Problem --------------------------- HTML was NEVER intended to contain tags for formatting a web page! HTML was created to describe the content of a web page, like:

This is a heading

This is a paragraph.

When tags like , and color attributes were added to the HTML 3.2 specification, it started a nightmare for web developers. Development of large websites, where fonts and color information were added to every single page, became a long and expensive process. To solve this problem, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) created CSS. CSS removed the style formatting from the HTML page! %%CSS Saves a Lot of Work! ---------------------------- The style definitions are normally saved in external .css files. With an external stylesheet file, you can change the look of an entire website by changing just one file!