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CSS How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Use Classes in CSS

Posted by Amrit Bhogal
Amrit Bhogal
2,076 Points

body in style sheet

Why has the color of the text in the footer only changed when you set the body selector in the style sheet?

3 Answers

Jeff Mignone
Jeff Mignone
15,395 Points

No styling was given to the "p" tags in the footer, so they take the styling of the "body" and setting the color in the "body" won't effect links or "a" tags.

a {
 color: #6ab47b; 
}

body {
 background-color: white;
 color: #999;
}
guarlonmirka
guarlonmirka
10,192 Points
guarlonmirka
guarlonmirka
10,192 Points

I think that your footer element is nested in the body element. That is why.

Amrit Bhogal
Amrit Bhogal
2,076 Points
Amrit Bhogal
Amrit Bhogal
2,076 Points

Thank you guys!