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How To Style HTML with CSS

How To Style HTML with CSS

Introduction

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is the styling language of the web, and is used to design and control the visual representation of Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) on a web page. With CSS, you can manage everything from font to layout to animations on your web page. This series will lead the reader through CSS exercises that demonstrate the building blocks of the language and the fundamental design principles needed to make a user-friendly web site.

Tutorials in series

Tutorial

How To Apply CSS Styles to HTML with Cascade and Specificity

  • September 28, 2020
  • 17 min read

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How To Select HTML Elements to Style with CSS

  • October 21, 2020
  • 13 min read

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How To Style Text Elements with Font, Size, and Color in CSS

  • November 24, 2020
  • 21 min read

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Tutorial

How To Work with the Box Model in CSS

  • January 16, 2021
  • 18 min read

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Tutorial

How To Use Common Units in CSS

  • February 10, 2021
  • 22 min read

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Tutorial

How To Lay Out Text with CSS

  • February 23, 2021
  • 17 min read

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Tutorial

How To Use Color Values with CSS

  • March 2, 2021
  • 22 min read

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Tutorial

How To Use Links and Buttons with State Pseudo-Classes in CSS

  • March 30, 2021
  • 22 min read

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How To Select HTML Elements Using ID, Class, and Attribute Selectors in CSS

  • April 22, 2021
  • 21 min read

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