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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Getting Started with CSS External Style Sheets

Posted by Glassbear CommV
Glassbear CommV
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When would you use more than one stylesheet? What is the purpose of having more than one?

I don't quite understand in which case it would be necessary to separate the styles into two or more stylesheets.

2 Answers

Logan R
Logan R
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Logan R
Logan R
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Having more than 1 stylesheet is great for templating. Take for example the Bootstrap framework. I can include the Bootstrap CSS stylesheet and get access to all of the styling. But I don't want to change or update their stylesheet, instead I want to override their changes in my own stylesheet. This is also helpful if I want to 'update' my Bootstrap library. All I need to do is overwrite the existing Bootstrap CSS stylesheet. I don't have to worry that my custom changes may be ruined or erased.

Hopefully this helps clarify some.

Glassbear CommV
Glassbear CommV
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Glassbear CommV
Glassbear CommV
5,195 Points

Aww, thank you so much for your answer. I guess since I don't know Bootstrap yet I couldn't see the use of it!