In this chapter you have learnt

CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets.

• With the help of style sheets, style can be added to web documents like font, color, spacing, size, etc.
• Thus style sheets are a single file that has all the values of the attributes which were previously defined in the tag itself.
• The web sites designed in style sheets are faster to change and update.
• An external style sheet is ideal when the style has to be applied to many web pages. Changing a single file, with the help of external style sheet, can change the look of the entire web site.
• Internal style sheets are to be used when a single document has a unique style.
• An inline style is used when a unique style is to be applied to a single occurrence of an element.
• The div tag defines a division or section in a document. It makes a logical division in a document.
• The script tag is used to define a script, such as JavaScript.

Question 1

What does the acronym CSS mean ?

Cascading Style Sheets

Question 2

What does a style sheet do?

It adds styles to web documents like fonts, color, spacing, etc.

Question 3

When is an external style sheet used?

It is used when the style has to be applied to many web pages

Question 4

When is an internal style sheet used?

nswer

It is used when a single document has a unique style

Question 5

When is an inline style used?

It is used when a unique style is to be applied to a single occurrence of an element

Question 6

Which tag is used to define an embedded applet?

Applet tag

The next chapter will acquaint you with some advanced tags in XHTML. This chapter will give information about the use of Meta tag in an XHTML document.Hop over to the next chapter to get a close up on advanced tags.