CSS - Using Inline, Internal, and External Techniques to Integrate CSS into HTML

Using Inline, Internal, and External Techniques to Integrate CSS into HTML

Inline CSS : When you want to give a look, to one element in an HTML document you can use inline styles. These styles are applied directly within the elements style attribute.

Example of Inline CSS:

<p style="color: red; font-size: 20px;">This is a paragraph with inline CSS.</p>

Internal CSS : Internal styles, also called embedded CSS are defined inside the <style> tag within the <head> section of an HTML file. This approach is handy, for maintaining styles across a webpage.

Example of Internal CSS:

<head>
    <style>
        body {
            background-color: lightblue;
        }
        h1 {
            color: navy;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Welcome to My Site</h1>
    <p>Body text styled with internal CSS.</p>
</body>

External CSS : On the hand external styles are stored in a CSS file and linked to the HTML document using the <link> tag. This method works best when you need to apply the styles across pages on a website.

Example of External CSS:

<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Heading Styled from External CSS</h1>
    <p>Paragraph styled from the external CSS file.</p>
</body>

And this is what styles.css would contain

h1 {
    color: darkgreen;
}
p {
    color: darkblue;
}

 

 

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Using Inline, Internal, and External Techniques to Integrate CSS into HTML

Inline CSS : When you want to give a look, to one element in an HTML document you can use inline styles. These styles are applied directly within the elements style attribute.

Example of Inline CSS:

<p style="color: red; font-size: 20px;">This is a paragraph with inline CSS.</p>

Internal CSS : Internal styles, also called embedded CSS are defined inside the <style> tag within the <head> section of an HTML file. This approach is handy, for maintaining styles across a webpage.

Example of Internal CSS:

<head>
    <style>
        body {
            background-color: lightblue;
        }
        h1 {
            color: navy;
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Welcome to My Site</h1>
    <p>Body text styled with internal CSS.</p>
</body>

External CSS : On the hand external styles are stored in a CSS file and linked to the HTML document using the <link> tag. This method works best when you need to apply the styles across pages on a website.

Example of External CSS:

<head>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>
<body>
    <h1>Heading Styled from External CSS</h1>
    <p>Paragraph styled from the external CSS file.</p>
</body>

And this is what styles.css would contain

h1 {
    color: darkgreen;
}
p {
    color: darkblue;
}

 

 

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Frequently Asked Questions for CSS

Content, padding, border, and margin make up the box model.

Relative moves from original position; absolute positions relative to nearest positioned ancestor.

id is unique; class can be reused.

visibility hides but keeps space; display removes element from layout.

Minify files, reduce specificity, and remove unused styles.

Overrides all other declarations, regardless of specificity.

Use margin: auto or flexbox/grid techniques.

Allow responsive design by applying styles based on screen size or device.

Define relationships between selectors: descendant ( ), child (>), adjacent (+), sibling (~).

Tools like SASS or LESS add features like variables and nesting to CSS.

Targets part of an element, like ::before or ::after.

Use @import "filename.css"; at the top of the file.

Controls stacking order of overlapping elements.

Forces a property to inherit value from parent.

Static — not affected by top, bottom, left, or right.

Use universal selector * or define styles in body/root.

em is relative to parent; rem is relative to root element.

Inline, internal (embedded), and external CSS.

A layout model for arranging elements in rows or columns with flexible sizing.

Targets elements in a specific state, like :hover or :nth-child().

Use fluid layouts, media queries, and relative units.

CSS styles HTML elements to control layout, color, fonts, and responsiveness.

Reusable custom property values, declared with --var-name.

Determines which rule applies when multiple rules target the same element.

Performs calculations to dynamically set CSS property values.

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