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In [[web design]], a '''style sheet''' provides style rules for a [[web page]]. | In [[web design]], a '''style sheet''' provides style rules for a [[web page]]. | ||
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== Separation of concerns == | == Separation of concerns == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:44, 8 May 2016
In web design, a style sheet provides style rules for a web page.
Not to be confused with a style guide.
Separation of concerns
Separation of concerns is a design principle which requires certain entities to take certain responsibilities, and other entities to take other responsibilities.
In web design, separations of concerns includes the separation of:
- Style sheet provide design, presentation, layout, color
- Markup tags (HTML or XHTML) provides semantic content and structure
This design approach is identified as a "separation" because it largely supersedes the antecedent methodology in which a page's markup (HTML) defined both style and structure. (For example, the font element.)
External style sheet
Style are typically defined in an external style sheet file using a style sheet language such as CSS or XSLT.
- A
styleelement in a web page is sometimes referred to as a style sheet, although it is not external
See also
- Cascading Style Sheets
- Class selector (CSS)
- HTML
- HTML element selector (CSS)
- ID selector (CSS)
- Web design
- Web page
- Web page layout
External links
- Style sheet (web development) @ Wikipedia
