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Topic 1: The importance of the Box Model.

The border is an important element as you are able to manipulate the look of the border by its style to the color of the border. The padding portion is where you are able to differentiate the spacing of the content pertaining to the border. The margin is where you can set the distance of other objects pertaining to the prior box. Those elements will make a box easier to understand and make.

Topic 2: Importance of using float and clear.

The float element can be used for making text go around an image and make columns for the layout. You can make the paragraph have a width and float to make the columns. You can use a clearing to make it be set under an element that has been floated. Floating usage can be confusing for people that are new because it's not direct to the document flow and disrupts the other elements.

Topic 3: The types of background gradient.

The first type of a background gradient is linear and that crosses the page from one side to the other. The standard html for the linear is <div> class=”gradient1”></div> and along with its CSS is div {height:150px; width:200px; border: and the rest of its features. There is also a radial gradient that spreads out from a certain point and there are stop points where the colors are defined into a certain stopping point in a gradient.