CSS "tags", very basic question Options

[UptonGirl]

I know what a css class is and what a css id is - but sometimes when i reading instructions it seems as if the "tag" refers to a third thing - and other times it seems like the term "tag" is inclusive - (IOW IDs and CLASSes are both types of tags)

So, is a css tag something other than a category term for IDs, CLASSes, STYLEs etc . . ?

[Darin McGrew]

I'm not sure what a "tag" would be, when discussing CSS.

In (X)HTML, a tag marks the beginning or end of an element, and attributes (like id or class) are specified in the begin tag for an element. In HTML (but not in XHTML), some tags are optional. Technically, omitting the optional tags does not change the document structure. (However, in my experience, MSIE 6 handles CSS better if you include the optional tags.)

In CSS, selectors are based on elements, ids, classes, pseudo-classes (like :link or :visited), attributes, and various relationships between elements. The selectors are used to specify various properties for the selected elements. But "tags" don't really mean anything in CSS.

[UptonGirl]

I'm not sure what a "tag" would be, when discussing CSS.

In (X)HTML, a tag marks the beginning or end of an element, and attributes (like id or class) are specified in the begin tag for an element. In HTML (but not in XHTML), some tags are optional. Technically, omitting the optional tags does not change the document structure. (However, in my experience, MSIE 6 handles CSS better if you include the optional tags.)

In CSS, selectors are based on elements, ids, classes, pseudo-classes (like :link or :visited), attributes, and various relationships between elements. The selectors are used to specify various properties for the selected elements. But "tags" don't really mean anything in CSS.

Thank you. That does help.