Lesson 2 — Paint the Bulletin Board

Same HTML. New file: styles.css. CSS is paint — colors, space, type. Link it from the head of index.html:

Live result

Step 1 — ranch colors

body {
  font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;
  margin: 0;
  background: #f3ead3;
  color: #2b2118;
}
header {
  background: #3d2914;
  color: #f3ead3;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 32px 16px;
}
h1 { margin: 0 0 8px; }
.tagline { margin: 0; font-style: italic; }
main { max-width: 800px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 24px 16px; }
footer {
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px;
  font-size: 0.9rem;
  color: #5c4a3a;
}

Step 2 — the table as a record card

table {
  width: 100%;
  border-collapse: collapse;
  background: #fffaf0;
  box-shadow: 0 2px 8px rgba(0,0,0,0.08);
}
th, td {
  text-align: left;
  padding: 10px 12px;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #e2d3b3;
}
th {
  background: #6b4f2a;
  color: #fffaf0;
}
tr:hover td { background: #f6e7c1; }

Save both files. Refresh the browser. If the header went dark brown and the table looks like a card, you painted it.