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remove advice to use floats, it's so 1980's (pre-CSS grid era); correct the WestCiv example; Introduce useful resources section
{{Feature
|explainsimage=CSSCSS3 logo and wordmark.svg|descriptionimgdesc=Add custom CSS to pages or sitewideCSS3 logo|notestitle=Add CSS rules into your pages.|tests=See schedule colors on the [[Rates]] page.|examples=<source lang="css">@media (min-width: 55em){ .main { float: left; width: 65%; margin-right: 5%; margin-bottom: 1em; }  .aside { float: left; width: 30%; margin-bottom: 1em; }}</source>
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{{#set:feature description = Add custom CSS to pages or sitewide }}
{{#set:feature notes = Add CSS rules into your pages. }}
{{#set:feature tests = See schedule colors on the [[Rates]] page. }}
{{#set:feature examples = [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}#Example:_mobile_layout_with_2_columns]] }}
Cascading Style Sheets is one of the primary technologies used in the web. CSS provides the style/appearance aspect of your HTML.
WestCiv provides some really useful tools and examples of CSS in action. For example, you can make an [http://www.westciv.com/tools/gradientsnustyle/index.html#background-image:%20linear-gradient(90deg,%20#ffffff,%20#000000%2010px,#000000%2025px,#ffffff%2035px,#000000%2045px,#000000%2060px,#ffffff%2070px) 'equals' background effect]. https://caniuse.com is the site to go to for browser support (and global usage)  <br clear="all">== Example: mobile layout with 2 columns ==A change to use percentages and 'em's instead of hard pixel widths or font size would achieve a more fluid layout. Basically, always use em for font size. Only use px when you know the exact dimensions of something (like setting a negative margin for a graphic) To really get what you want (a responsive layout that is designed to work well in print and a variety of devices), you should use the 'media' selector, in combination with 'media queries' <ref>good list of various approaches at https://gist.github.com/dustinboston/3867516 </ref>
== Useful Resources ==* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS Learn CSS like ] from the following would be goodgo-to resource:<source lang="css">@media Mozilla Developer Network (min-width: 55emMDN){ * [https://caniuse.maincom/usage-table global browser usage comparison] { float* [http: left;//getbem.com/introduction/ BEM] the Block Element Modifier convention for CSS rules width* [https: 65%; margin//www.sitepoint.com/optimizing-right: 5%; margincss-bottom: 1em; }performance/ 20 tips for optimizing CSS] (2018) by SitePoint
.aside
{
float: left;
width: 30%;
margin-bottom: 1em;
}
}
</source>
Note how both columns are floated "left" which means that when your math or the browser isn't broken and the percentages <=100% they are side by side. This side-by-side layout is only applied to devices that have a screen width of 880 pixels <ref> 55em translates to 880px for the browser default font size of 16px. https://css-tricks.com/css-font-size/</ref>
Example at http://maxdesign.com.au/jobs/css-layouts/12-example-layout-two-full/ and source at
https://github.com/russmaxdesign/example-layout-two-full

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