Styling the <h2> Element

Styling the <h2> Element

The <h2> element is used for the main heading on the page. Its top margin needs to be removed so that the <h2> element lines up with the content in the #nav container. This is achieved using margin-top: 0.

Next, the color can be changed using color: #B23B00.

Standard headings generally are displayed in bold text. You can override this default behavior using font-weight: normal as shown in Listing 19.11. The results can be seen in Figure 19.10.

Listing 19.11. CSS Code for Styling the <h2> Element

body
{
    text-align: center;
    background: #B0BFC2;
    color: #444;
}

#container
{
    text-align: left;
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 700px;
    background: #FFF url(header-base.gif) repeat-y;
}

h1
{
    background: #D36832;
    color: #FFF;
    padding: 20px;
    margin: 0;
    border-bottom: 5px solid #387A9B;
}

#nav
{
    float: left;
    width: 130px;
    display: inline;
    margin-left: 20px;
    padding: 15px 0;
}

#nav ul
{
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    text-align: right;
}

#nav li
{
    background: url(header-bullet.gif) no-repeat 100% .4em;
    padding: 0 10px 5px 0;
}

#content
{
    float: left;
    width: 475px;
    margin-left: 45px;
    padding: 15px 0;
}

#footer
{
    clear: both;
    background: #387A9B;
    color: #fff;
    padding: 5px 10px;
    text-align: right;
    font-size: 80%;
}

h2
{
    margin-top: 0;
    color: #B23B00;
    font-weight: normal;
}

Figure 19.10. Screenshot of styled <h2> element.