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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Test: Styling by Element and Class

Posted by Nicoleta Leu
Nicoleta Leu
220 Points

Border

Hello,

can someone help me with this issue?

Challenge Task 3 of 3 Give the paragraph a border that is 4px wide, solid

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
  </head>
  <body>


    <p class="main-pg">My amazing website</p>


  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.class.main-pg
{
  border: 4px wide solid red;
}

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

Just a period (.) identifies a class in a selector. You don't need to spell out "class".

You also don't need the word "wide" in the values list.

.main-pg
{
  border: 4px solid red;
}
Nicoleta Leu
Nicoleta Leu
220 Points
Nicoleta Leu
Nicoleta Leu
220 Points

Thank you very much Steven.