Web Design/Embedded CSS
Example 1
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Web Design → Embedded CSS
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As you can see the style information is placed between the <head> & </head> tags, inside the <style> & </style> tags
The CSS code below should make the:
- Background color = yellow
- Text inside a
<p>tag = green & a font size of 10 pixels - Text inside a
<h2>tag = blue
Type the code below into your favorite code editor and save the file as cssexample.html
<html>
<head>
<style type=text/css>
body { background-color: yellow; }
p { color: green; font-size:10px; }
h2 { color: blue; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Internal CSS</h2>
<p>This page uses internal CSS. Using the style tag we are able to modify
the appearance of HTML elements.</p>
</body>
</html>
Exercise 2 – Changing the font family and font style using CSS.
The CSS code below should make the:
- Text within the
<p>tag, appear as helvetica, impact, sans-serif font. - Text within the
<p>tag, appear as italic. - Text within the
<h2>tag, appear as gill sans, new baskerville, sans-serif font.
Paste the code below into your code editor, create a new page called cssexample2.html
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
font-family: helvetica, impact, sans-serif;
font-style: italic;
}
h2 {
font-family: "gill sans", "new baskerville", sans-serif;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>This is a Heading</h2>
<p>This is some text, which is being affected by CSS.</p>
</body>
</html>
Exercise 3 – Changing the border and aligning the text using CSS.
The CSS code below should make the:
- Background within the
<p>tag, appear as pink. - Border around the
<p>tag, appear as solid green. - Text within the
<p>tag, aligned in the center. - Border around the
<h2>tag, to appear as dotted red.
Paste the code below into your code editor, create a new page called cssexample3.html
<html>
<head>
<style>
p {
background: pink;
border: solid green;
text-align: center;
}
h2 {
border: dotted red;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>This is a Heading</h2>
<p>This is some text, which is being affected by CSS.</p>
</body>
</html>
Exercise 4 – Changing the margin padding using CSS.
The CSS code below should make the:
- The text within the
<p>tag will have a left margin of 2cm.
Paste the code below into your code editor, create a new page called cssexample4.html
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
p {margin-left: 2cm}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>This is a heading with no margin specified</h2>
<p>This is a paragraph with a specified left margin</p>
</body>
</html>
Exercise 5 – Changing the color of a Horizontal Rule using CSS.
The CSS code below should make the:
- The hortizontal rule
<hr>tag will appear as blue (instead of grey).
Paste the code below into your code editor, create a new page called cssexample5.html
<html>
<head>
<style>
hr {
color: blue;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h2>This is a Heading</h2>
<hr>
<p>This is some text, which is being affected by CSS.</p>
</body>
</html>