CSS Basics

/* Starting a CSS File */

@charset "UTF-8";
/* CSS Document */

/* Clearing the presets in the browser and setting background color*/

* {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}

html,body {
    height:100%;
    }

body {
    background-color: #b0c4de;
}

/* Settings CSS for Links */

/* unvisited link */
a:link {
    color: #A7A37E;
}

/* visited link */
a:visited {
    color: #EFECCA;
}

/* mouse over link */
a:hover {
    color: #FFFFFF;
}

/* Adding Background Colors to DIV tags */

#header{
    background-color: #00C;
    }

#menu{
    background-color: #F00;
    }

#main{
    background-color: #0F6;
    }

#footer{
    background-color: #FF0;
    }

/*Common CSS Rules*/
/*Adjusting width of DIVS and centering DIVS*/
width: 1280px;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;

/*Working with Borders and Colors
https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel/?copy=true
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_colorpicker.asp
*/
background-color: #b0c4de;
color: #00ff00;
border: 2px solid #046380;

/*Adjusting Margins and Padding*/
margin: 10;
padding: 10;

/*Setting Font Styles
http://www.blindtextgenerator.com/lorem-ipsum
*/
font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
font-size: 2em;
font-weight: 900;