Every browser has its own default stylesheet, used when parameters are not defined or customized in the page code.
Before starting to write and customize HTML with CSS, it is important to know how to reset the default stylesheet when needed. Richard Clark is one programmer who shares his solution for this [http://html5doctor.com/]
html, body, div, span, object, iframe, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre, abbr, address, cite, code, del, dfn, em, img, ins, kbd, q, samp, small, strong, sub, sup, var, b, i, dl, dt, dd, ol, ul, li, fieldset, form, label, legend, table, caption, tbody, tfoot, thead, tr, th, td, article, aside, canvas, details, figcaption, figure, footer, header, hgroup, menu, nav, section, summary, time, mark, audio, video {
margin:0;
padding:0;
border:0;
outline:0;
font-size:100%;
vertical-align:baseline;
background:transparent;
}
body {
line-height:1;
}
article,aside,details,figcaption,figure,
footer,header,hgroup,menu,nav,section {
display:block;
}
nav ul {
list-style:none;
}
blockquote, q {
quotes:none;
}
blockquote:before, blockquote:after,
q:before, q:after {
content:'';
content:none;
}
a {
margin:0;
padding:0;
font-size:100%;
vertical-align:baseline;
background:transparent;
}
// change colours to suit your needs
ins {
background-color:#ff9;
color:#000;
text-decoration:none;
}
// change colours to suit your needs
mark {
background-color:#ff9;
color:#000;
font-style:italic;
font-weight:bold;
}
del {
text-decoration: line-through;
}
abbr[title], dfn[title] {
border-bottom:1px dotted;
cursor:help;
}
table {
border-collapse:collapse;
border-spacing:0;
}
// change border colour to suit your needs
hr {
display:block;
height:1px;
border:0;
border-top:1px solid #cccccc;
margin:1em 0;
padding:0;
}
input, select {
vertical-align:middle;
}
Place this code at the top of your style.css file and make sure you put your own code below it.