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HTML & CSS How do I link my an external-CSS style-sheet to my HTML document?
- Thread starter Malcolm
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Hi @Malcolm, You great legend.
You can link an external CSS file to your HTML by HAHA wait. You thought it was that easy?? You got to do some learning. This isn't a free answers site. You must first understand what and how it does it. The <link> tag is used to connect your HTML document with an external resource, e.g. CSS file and is typically located at the top of your HTML document within the <head> tags- Not seeing this? Take a quick peek at our boilerplate post. The link tag comes as an empty element which means you'll have to add attributes for it to work.
Once you are finished your code it should look something like the example below :
[CODE lang="html" highlight="2"] <head>
<link href="css/example.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
<title></title>
</head>[/CODE]
You can link an external CSS file to your HTML by HAHA wait. You thought it was that easy?? You got to do some learning. This isn't a free answers site. You must first understand what and how it does it. The <link> tag is used to connect your HTML document with an external resource, e.g. CSS file and is typically located at the top of your HTML document within the <head> tags- Not seeing this? Take a quick peek at our boilerplate post. The link tag comes as an empty element which means you'll have to add attributes for it to work.
The href attribute specifies the path in which the CSS file is located. Next, type attribute specifies the type of document being linked and its value should be text/css. Rel attribute specifies the relationship between the HTML page and the file that it is linked to. If you have your CSS file located in your root file, then you will just need to change the value for href to "href="example.css".
Once you are finished your code it should look something like the example below :
[CODE lang="html" highlight="2"] <head>
<link href="css/example.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" />
<title></title>
</head>[/CODE]
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NAAZANIQUA
Active Coder
Save the file as "external.html" in the same folder of "styles.css". Notice that, the <link > tag is connecting this HTML file to the external css file "styles.css". After saving both file (html and css) in the same folder , open the "external.html" file in your web browser.
Just for completion:
Beside an own CSS file its also able to load external files. That often happens when including content from external sources like webfonts.
EDIT: At least since HTML5 the type-attribute is not necessary anymore. Many frontend developers writing that out of habit or because they learned it with much older HTML-Versions.
Many Greets
Beside an own CSS file its also able to load external files. That often happens when including content from external sources like webfonts.
<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:[email protected]&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">EDIT: At least since HTML5 the type-attribute is not necessary anymore. Many frontend developers writing that out of habit or because they learned it with much older HTML-Versions.
Many Greets
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elianawilson
Coder
There are three ways of inserting a style sheet:
1. External CSS
2. Internal CSS
3. Inline CSS
1. External CSS
Through External CSS, you can change the frontend part of a website by changing only one document. Every HTML page should incorporate a reference to the external style sheet file inside the <link> component, inside the head area.
2. Internal CSS
An internal CSS might be utilized on the off chance that one single HTML page has a one-of-a-kind style. The internal style is characterized inside the <style> component, inside the head area.
3. Inline CSS
An inline style might be utilized to apply a special style for a single component.To utilize inline styles, add the style characteristic to the applicable component. The style trait can contain any CSS property.