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CSS CSS Basics Basic Selectors Descendant Selectors

Michael Diawuoh
Michael Diawuoh
3,232 Points
Posted by Michael Diawuoh
Michael Diawuoh
3,232 Points

Create a descendant selector

Create a descendant selector by including a single space between two selectors

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS
header span {
font-size: 26px;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Developer Diane: Resume</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main>
    <header>
      <img src="developer-diane.jpg" alt="Developer Diane coding on her laptop.">
      <h1>Developer Diane: Resume</h1>
      <span>email: diane@developerdiane.com</span>
    </header>          
    <section class="main-content">
      <h2>Experience</h2>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <h3>Super Web Design Shop</h3>
          <p>Junior Developer</p>
          <p class="date special">February 2020-present</p>
        </li>
        <li>
          <h3>Pretty Good Websites, Inc.</h3>
          <p>Web Development Intern</p>
          <p>July 2019-January 2020</p>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </section>
    <section>
      <h2>Awards and Achievements</h2>
      <ol>
        <li>Dev Ninja Award, November 2020</li>
        <li>Developer of the Month, October 2019</li>
        <li>Achieved rating of 6 kyu on <a href="https://www.codewars.com/">Codewars</a></li>
        <li>Certified Accessibility Specialist</li>
      </ol>
    </section>
    <footer>
      <p>Developer Diane. <small>Ā©2020</small></p>
    </footer>
  </main>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Reggie Williams
STAFF
Reggie Williams
Treehouse Teacher
Reggie Williams
Reggie Williams
Treehouse Teacher

This answer should work for the first challenge Michael Diawuoh . Are you getting any errors?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

As Reggie suggests, this code seems OK. Give it another try, perhaps after you restart your browser.