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jennifer ray
7,875 Pointscss
what is the point of the following code?
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
The bottom line of code relates to the style of the page which we create and linking it back to the html? but i am unsure what the top line of code does and why it is there?
5 Answers
sidd
4,141 PointsNormalize.css is used to reset default browser styles.
All browsers by default define their own styles. Not resetting them first to start with can have funny looking styling.
So normalize.css creates a level playing field across browsers (nearly all of them) and then you can write your own CSS on top of that (main.css) to style your document.
Jeff Lemay
14,268 PointsI only see one line of code but it seems like "top line" is referring to the first half of the line (rel="stylesheet"). This is just declaring what type of file you are linking too. Could be javascript, could be apple-touch-icon-precomposed (similar to a favicon), or something else.
You can find a whole boatload of info here: http://www.w3.org/TR/html40/struct/links.html#edef-LINK
Ariel Aronica
6,646 PointsThis is how you link your CSS to the HTML. So with this link you are basically saying "the type of file I am connecting is a stylesheet, and the direction to the link to this file is "css/main.css". It is located in the css folder, hence the css/, and the name of the css file is main.css.
jennifer ray
7,875 PointsI get it now, thank you very much :)
jennifer ray
7,875 PointsExcellent answer Siddharth. Thank you very much :)
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsJason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 PointsI've fixed the formatting to show both lines of code.