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CSS editing
Hello, hopefully not a vague (but perhaps a broad) question. On these forums I've seen people using the words CSS and editing for Rise modules. What does this mean? Any good plain English guides for...
Although I've done a fair amount of CSS in web site design, I haven't made any changes to Rise course CSS files. I'm relatively new to Rise (< 8 months) and so am happy to run with the formatting as it is for now as it suits my needs perfectly.
With regards to learning CSS, if you want to do any web site design work, I would say it was an essential skill to have. Do you need to know CSS to create great courses in Rise? Definitely not, but it may be a useful skill to have if you want to dig deeper.
There are plenty of books and on-line content you can wade through, so I would suggest having a look and seeing if it is something you want to learn more about. It can be a lot of fun and rewarding when things turn out well, but also frustrating when they don't . . . . . a bit like anything else associated with computers these days !!
I appreciate your explanations as well. Now that it's been a couple years, have you "cracked the code" for editing CSS files for Rise courses? More specifically, do you have any knowledge on how to make the standard hyperlinks in Rise courses—which open in a new tab—open in a floating window over the course? Thanks in advance!
Hi Erin,
I still haven't found the need to edit the CSS for anything I have done in Rise and, unfortunately, I also quite like to have my hyperlinks open in a new tab and so can't provide a solution to your problem. Hopefully someone else will be able to chip in and help you out.
The main reason I avoid editing CSS files is because, as Zsolt has said above, if you make any changes to your Rise course and re-publish it, you then have to re-edit your CSS.
