Well, _something_ like that :)
Here's something closer to what you want, if you want to embed the CSS in
the html page itself.
----------------
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Sandcastle Condo Community</TITLE>
<style>
body{
font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
background-color: #FFFFFF;
color: #000000;
}
a:visited{
color: #FF0000;
}
a:link{
color: #0000FF;
}
a:active{
color: #000088;
}
</style>
</HEAD>
<body>
<p>Some sample text</p>
</body>
</html>
--------------
Differences to note:
1. Since you have defined the format of BODY in the <STYLE> section, you
don't have to specify it in the BODY tag itself. In fact: Don't.
2. The ALINK and VLINK tags are officially not supported in the latest
version of HTML (HTML 5). Instead, you should define the various states of
a link (i.e., the <A> tag) with a colon and then the keywords as shown (I
think).
3. The <STYLE> ... </STYLE> tags should be nested within the <HEAD> tag,
which means both <STYLE> tags come *before* the closing of the HEAD tag
(</HEAD>).
4. I added a standard document type declaration as the first line.
Note that I'm no expert in CSS, and undoubtedly more knowledgeable people
on this list are going to want to correct and polish this. Also, I've never
posted anything without making at least one embarrassing mistake.
Good luck.
David
On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 3:54 PM, Nori Muster <norimus...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Something like this?
>
>
> <HEAD>
> <TITLE>Sandcastle Condo Community</TITLE>
> </HEAD>
>
> <style>
>
> body{
>
> font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
>
> }
>
>
>
</style>
> <BODY bgcolor="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#FF0000"
> ALINK="#000088">
>
>
> . . . . and yeah, thank god for bulletin board forums.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Friday, March 16, 2018 at 9:50:22 AM UTC-7, DavidWeinberger wrote:
>>
>> Nori,
>>
>> If you want to include it in the *.html file, you *could* put it after
>> <body> -- that'll work at least in Chrome, Firefox, and Safari (I didn't
>> try that Windows browser) -- but it *should* go between the <head> and
>> the </head> tags.
>>
>> I feel odd using the word "should" since part of my reaction to your
>> original question is: if you're more comfortable inserting formatting
>> commands directly into HTML tags, go ahead; it's likely that browsers are
>> going to continue to support deprecated markup because they don't want the
>> pages they display to look broken compared to how they look in other
>> browsers.
>>
>> But since you seem interested in learning CSS, I'd encourage you to do so.
>>
>> - It makes it easier to change your mind: alter the definition of "p"
>> once in your CSS and all instances will update. (Put a page's CSS
>> definitions into its own file and by altering that file you can alter the
>> look of multiple pages all at once.)
>>
>> - It is intellectually elegant for it makes clear the distinctions
>> between content, structure, and format.
>>
>> - It's modern, so you don't have to worry (as much) about your code
>> breaking once the syntax of your font stylings goes the way of the <blink>
>> tag.
>>
>>
>> Once you get started with CSS, you'll discover all the ways it's
>> inelegant, or at least a pain in the butt, or at least counter-intuitive.
>> But that's why we have search engines and friendly conversational forums.
>>
>> Enjoy your exploration!
>>
>> David W.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 10:37 AM, Nori Muster <norim...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks David - this may be a good alternative to learning CSS like
>>> everyone else recommended, but maybe it's about time I learn CSS anyway.
>>> Oh computers - why do you challenge me all the time?
>>> Thank you for the code, Ill try it. Does <style> go up there above or
>>> below <body>? I'm guessing just below <body>.
>>> Nori
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, March 16, 2018 at 7:20:20 AM UTC-7, DavidWeinberger wrote:
>>>>
>>>> To save a click:
>>>>
>>>> To put style info into the HTML doc itself, in the <head> section you'd
>>>> add something like this:
>>>>
>>>> <style>
>>>> body{
>>>> font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;
>>>> }
>>>> </style>
>>>>
>>>> (The san-serif provides an alternative for browsers that don't have the
>>>> Helvetica font installed, which will be approximately 0% of browsers, I
>>>> believe.)
>>>>
>>>> David W.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 9:43:55 PM UTC-4, Jean-Christophe Helary
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 16, 2018, at 9:53, Nori Muster <norim...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I know how to set a typeface using <font face=“helvetica”> </font>
>>>>> But is there a way to change the whole document at the same time, like
>>>>> to put helvetica in the <body> line?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, it is a technology that's called CSS (cascading style sheets) and
>>>>> it's been around for a very long time.
>>>>>
>>>>> You may want to check the W3schools tutorials to get up to speed:
>>>>> https://www.w3schools.com/Css/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jean-Christophe Helary
>>>>> -----------------------------------------------
>>>>> http://mac4translators.blogspot.com @brandelune
>>>>>
>>>>>
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