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HTML How to Make a Website Adding Pages to a Website Make an About Page

Posted by spalak
spalak
12,151 Points

Equal sign vs. colon

Defining img names and alternate attributes on the about.html page, one should use an equal sign. In defining an attribute in the css page (e.g., display: block;) one uses a colon.

Is there a simple rule for which to use in which occasion? Is it enough to say that you use an equal sign in html, and a colon in css?

Thanks,

1 Answer

Véronique Bellamy
Véronique Bellamy
20,810 Points

Pretty much, it is language dependent. For example, in CSS, it's always a colon. In HTML, it's always an equal sign unless you're using inline or internal CSS (which you should never do). As you learn more languages, you'll learn how attributes and variables are assigned values for the language.