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Advantages of Using CSS

Time-saving: CSS allows the style definitions to be stored in external files, making it easy to make changes to the entire website by modifying a single file. This saves a lot of time and effort.

Easy maintenance: CSS provides a convenient way to update the formatting of documents, ensuring consistency across multiple pages. By using one or more style sheets, the content of the website can be easily controlled and maintained.

Faster page loading: By enabling multiple pages to share formatting information, CSS reduces complexity and repetition in the structural content. This results in smaller transfer sizes and faster page loading times.

Enhanced styling capabilities: CSS provides more detailed attributes than plain HTML, allowing for greater control over the look and feel of the website. It offers superior presentation capabilities compared to HTML's presentational elements and attributes.

Device compatibility: CSS allows web pages to be optimized for different types of devices or media. The same HTML document can be presented in different styles for various rendering devices such as cell phones, desktops, etc.

 

What We Can Do with CSS:

  • Positioning: CSS enables changing the position of elements on a web page without modifying the element's markup.

  • Display alterations: CSS can alter the display of existing HTML elements, allowing for customized visual presentation.

  • Transformation: CSS can transform elements by applying 2D or 3D effects like scaling, rotating, skewing, etc.

  • Consistent styling: CSS makes it easy to apply the same style rules to multiple elements, promoting consistency across the website.

  • Device-specific styling: CSS allows presenting the same page differently on different devices, optimizing the user experience for each device type.

  • Print-friendly versions: CSS can be used to create print-friendly versions of web pages, ensuring they are properly formatted for printing.

  • Centralized control: CSS enables controlling the presentation of multiple pages of a website with a single style sheet, making it efficient to manage and update the website's overall design.

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