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CSS

Posted by Frank Horbelt
Frank Horbelt
1,287 Points

Am I really this dumb, or is something broken? Can't pass code challenge on basic css...

It is asking me to set the color of the h1 element to green. I entered this code:

<body>
  <style>
  {h1
    color: green;
  }
  </style>

    <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
</body>

When I check it, it says, "Bummer! Make sure you're coloring the h1 tag green."

Did I miss something?

5 Answers

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points
Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Frank,

Not at all. Just a slight change for the placement of the opening brace. Instead of:

{h1 color: green; }

try:

h1 {color: green; }

So h1 is the element and everything within the { and } are the styles you want to apply to it.

Hope that helps.

-Rich

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points

You're not thick. :-)

You've almost got it.

Try 

h1 {
 color: green;
}

CSS rules are made up of selectors, keywords and values.

h1 selector {values}

Good luck. :-)

Frank Horbelt
Frank Horbelt
1,287 Points
Frank Horbelt
Frank Horbelt
1,287 Points

Arrgh. Guess I was being THAT dumb. LOL. That's what I get for taking a few days off. Thanks guys.

BTW, how do you make the "Backticks" to indicate code on the forums. I gave up and copied and pasted them. LOL

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Frank,

Easy mistake. Don't worry, it'll become easier the more you do it.

Backticks are to the left of the Z key (on my Mac anyway). Think they could be to the left of the numbers on other keyboards though.

Thanks

-Rich

Frank Horbelt
Frank Horbelt
1,287 Points
Frank Horbelt
Frank Horbelt
1,287 Points

Found them. Thanks again.

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

No problem :)

Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points
Aurelian Spodarec
Aurelian Spodarec
7,369 Points

Hi,

And dont worry Frank Horbelt , everyone makes mistakes, even the masters of the subject makes easy mistakes.
Remember , failiture is your friends because you learn from it ( im sure you heared it a lot of times ) but you need to look at it and see what you did worng.

If you are just starting , it will be probably hard and frustrating. But don't give up, even if you dnt understand, just do it, eventualy you will. Get throw the basics and the rest will come naturaly and you will improve with time. just don't quit.

Hope this gets you in a good mood :smiley:

-Aurelian