• Try to avoid inline and embedded styles as much as possible.
• Write your HTML first, then link to a style sheet. Trying to do both at the same time almost always results in confusing and messy code.
• Create style rules for the “biggest” tags first: body (and, if necessary, html).
• Try to create your style rules in the same order as the elements appear in the page: that is, body first, followed by h1, h2, etc.
• Create rules that are true for the majority of content influenced by a particular element, such as p, then create rules for exceptions.

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