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  1. [ **CSS** ](/en-US/docs/Web/CSS)
  2. [ **Tutorials** ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS)
  3. [ CSS basics ](/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/CSS_basics)
  4. CSS first steps 
    1. [ CSS first steps overview ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/First_steps)
    2. [ What is CSS? ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/First_steps/What_is_CSS)
    3. [ Getting started with CSS ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/First_steps/Getting_started)
    4. [ How CSS is structured ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/First_steps/How_CSS_is_structured)
    5. [ How CSS works ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/First_steps/How_CSS_works)
    6. [ Assessment: Styling a biography page ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/First_steps/Styling_a_biography_page)
  5. CSS building blocks 
    1. [ CSS building blocks overview ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks)
    2. [ CSS selectors ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Selectors)
    3. [ Type, class, and ID selectors ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Selectors/Type_Class_and_ID_Selectors)
    4. [ Attribute selectors ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Selectors/Attribute_selectors)
    5. [ Pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Selectors/Pseudo-classes_and_pseudo-elements)
    6. [ Combinators ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Selectors/Combinators)
    7. [ Cascade, specificity, and inheritance ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Cascade_and_inheritance)
    8. [ Cascade layers ](/en-US/docs/Learn/CSS/Building_blocks/Cascade_layers)
    9. [ The box model ](/en-US/docs/Lear