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CSS Unused CSS Stages Flexbox and Multi-Column Layout Flexbox: Part 1

melissa brown
melissa brown
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Posted by melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points

Is there a reason why he is using another css page. eg flexbox.css and page-styles css?

Can we put the flexbox coding in the page-styles css? or is this bad practice/not clean code? thanks

3 Answers

Charlie Jaime
Charlie Jaime
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Charlie Jaime
Charlie Jaime
17,351 Points

Well this is good practice to have multiple css files rather than one extremely long file with styling to several of your areas on your site/project, this helps keep things cleaner and more organized.

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melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points
melissa brown
melissa brown
4,670 Points

thanks charlie, is there a general rule of when we should be separating css files?

Charlie Jaime
Charlie Jaime
17,351 Points
Charlie Jaime
Charlie Jaime
17,351 Points

I would say that there is no specific rule or non of which Ive heard of but more like personal preferences. My personal rule of thumb when separating css files is based on there content and location on the site. I would like tend to pair banners and header together or sidebars with main content. So just play around with it find a way that you like to organized your files and will give you quicker access to your styling without having to surf through a lot files.