Created by Grace Peirce, Feb. 27, 2004- updated October 2008
This document is created with a reference to an external style sheet called "basic.css". View the source code for this page to see the reference that links the style sheet to this page in the head section of this document.
This same style sheet could be referenced in any number of web pages on a given Web site, and the style of the entire Web site completely changed, just by making changes to the external style sheet.
Copy the source code for this page to your folder and name it "basic.html". Then, copy the CSS, and save it in a file called "basic.css" in the same folder.
Make changes to the style sheet, save them, and refresh the page in your browser after each change.
Don't forget to test on different browsers and different platforms!
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