| Understanding Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) | | | | So what's the difference between inline styles, |
| Folks who are just setting out on their web design | | | | embedded style sheets and external style sheets? |
| journey often overlook how the code that styles their | | | | Well, quite simply, inline styles and embedded style |
| web pages works,Visit here | | | | sheets are contained within the body and head |
| especially the differences between inline styles, | | | | sections of XHTML documents, while external style |
| embedded style sheets and external style sheets. | | | | sheets are separate documents all together. |
| Beginners in the field of web design tend to use inline | | | | External style sheets contain styling and presentation |
| styles or embedded style sheets rather than external | | | | instructions which perform the same functions as inline |
| style sheets. This is often due to the use of | | | | styles and embedded style sheets do, though these |
| WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors | | | | external styles are linked to from an XHTML |
| such as Dreamweaver or Microsoft FrontPage as | | | | document rather than the instructions being contained |
| they allow beginners to create web pages using a | | | | within the body and head sections of the document |
| drag and drop interface. | | | | itself. |
| These types of applications don't encourage beginners | | | | Embedded style sheets are essentially inline styles that |
| to learn how to code by hand, which is something I | | | | are contained within the head section of XHTML |
| highly recommend. | | | | documents. This creates a middle ground between |
| In this guide, I will show you why you shouldn't use inline | | | | inline styles and external style sheets. |
| styles and embedded style sheets and why external | | | | WHY SO MANY VARIATIONS? |
| style sheets are your best option. | | | | Variety is the spice of life, and it's no different in the |
| WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE | | | | web design world. |