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Introduction to CSS (Part 1)

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The viewer will receive an overview of the basics of CSS showing inline styles.

Video Steps

1. In the head tags set up your style tags


<style>

</style>

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2. Reference the nav tag and set your properties.

nav {position relative; left: 0; top:10%;}

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3. Set the reference for the UL element and styles for it to ensure no browser defaults are present

nav>ul {list-style-type: none; width:100%; height:3em; padding:0; margin:0;}

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4. Position the list elements in line on one row with a width of 60 pixels

nav>ul>li{display:inline; width:60px;}

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5. Create your navigation menu as follows


			<nav>
				<ul>
					<li class="mysite"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
					<li class="mysite"><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
					<li class="mysite"><a href="#">About</a></li>
				</ul>
			</nav>

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