What is CSS?

CSS is a language that is used for styling a document written in any kind of mark up language like HTML, XHTML etc. It stands for Cascading Style Sheet.
CSS is very important for web designing. For increasing the designing efficiency there is no alternative of CSS.

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Why CSS?

For Solving Problems

It is not easy to design with HTML. For designing in HTML you have to use color, size, border, heigth, weight etc. each and every line in the HTML document. For a large website it is a long time and hard working process to design with HTML. To solve these problems CSS was created by W3C.

Saves a Lot of Time and Work

CSS saves both time and work for a designer. By using external CSS files same stylesheet can be used in multiple document and multiple stylesheet can also be used in a document.

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What can CSS do?

• CSS can give a eye catching and attractive look to a HTML document.
• By using CSS you can give different styles in different part of your HTML document.
• You can restyle your HTML page and completely change the outlook using some CSS code.