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Adding external CSS in an HTML file

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html

css

I know I can include CSS on my page like this:

<style> .style{    ..  } </style> 

How do I add an external stylesheet file in an HTML page?

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Programer Avatar asked Dec 22 '09 17:12

Programer


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How do I add an external CSS file to an HTML document?

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2 Answers

In your HEAD, add:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="your_css_file.css"> 

the css file itself does not contain <style> tags.

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Pekka Avatar answered Sep 21 '22 15:09

Pekka


The simplest way to do so is to add a stylesheet link to your document HEAD section:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css"> 

Doing so will reduce the performance on the first load (since the system must request two files instead of one) but improve subsequent performance because the style sheet remains in cache for a while.

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Victor Nicollet Avatar answered Sep 21 '22 15:09

Victor Nicollet