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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Getting Started with CSS Importing Style Sheets with @import

Posted by Billie Jordan
Billie Jordan
34 Points

Can i use a style sheet i found in view source from someone else's website? If so, how can I make it my own.

the style sheet has someone else website coded into it. I would like it to link from my own external style sheet. how do i do that?

redcamel2
redcamel2
4,751 Points

What do you mean? Did you get another persons css?

2 Answers

Samuel Lopez
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Samuel Lopez
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 13,960 Points

You can't import a stylesheet from a server you don't have access to.

I say strictly NO to copy someone else's work for three reasons:

  1. It's not ethical.
  2. It's illegal - Intellectual property infringement (unless this an open source project).
  3. You aren't practicing what you learn.

My advise: Use other work only as inspiration. Go out there and create your own work - Let your skills, imagination and creativity do the work for you! It takes a lot of time and effort but at the end you will be proud that you created something original and that you can call it your own.

Cheers!

Billie Jordan
Billie Jordan
34 Points
Billie Jordan
Billie Jordan
34 Points

Thank you.