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Linking a style sheet in CSS

To include a style sheet in an HTML file, we use the link element. <link> is a self-closing empty element and it goes inside the head element.

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<head> <link> </head> <body> <h1>Water Puns</h1> <p> Why does water never laugh at jokes? It's not a fan of dry humor. </p> </body>

To know what kind of file to include, the opening link tag needs the rel attribute set using rel="stylesheet".

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<head> <link rel="stylesheet"> </head> <body> <h1>Water puns</h1> <p>Why are rivers amazing roommates? They go with the flow. </p> </body>

To specify the style sheet’s location, set the href attribute to "style.css".

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<head> <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css"> </head> <body> <h1>Water Puns</h1> <p> Why are oceans so meticulous?<br> They like to be pacific. </p> </body>