Cascading Style Sheets

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Style sheets make page design easier.
What they allow is to over ride the default settings for a page or a series of pages.
These include, but are not limited to, fonts and link colors.
This page has an included cascading style sheet definition in the head section.

Of course you might ask why in the heck would I want to do such a thing?
The simple answer is so that you may make a single change that will effect ALL of your pages.
The complex answer is that you can do some things with CSS that you can not do with HTML.

One last note.
To see the effect of CSS you must have that feature enabled in your browser.
With Netscape do:  Edit > Preferences > Advanced > and check the Enable style sheets box.
With MIE do:  View > Internet Options > Advanced > and check the proper box.
Links to Additional Information
Style Sheets FAQs Some frequently asked questions answered
W3C Working Draft 30-June-1997 Some background on CSS definitions. W3C is a standards body.
Cascading Style Sheets, Level 1 Definitions from W3C.
Cascading Style Sheets, Level 2 Definitions from W3C.
TopStyle TopStyle Pro is the award-winning cascading style sheet editor written by Nick Bradbury, creator of HomeSite. TopStyle contains everything you need to create flexible cross-browser style sheets.
Cascade A comprehensive Cascading Style Sheets editor.