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Posted by Jafet Solorio
Jafet Solorio
2,060 Points

CSS: Colors section

So i'm stuck here when nick starts talking about the basic html structure he has set up i quickly copy it down. he has a , index.html and a main.css and a page.css and copy all them down but when he gets to the page part and then goes to the browser and i try it nothing happens? what do you think is wrong is it my folder?

4 Answers

Derrick Lee
Derrick Lee
7,743 Points
Derrick Lee
Derrick Lee
7,743 Points

Hey!

I never started on those lessons but the problem is probably because you are not linking to your css properly.

Let's assume you have an HTML page, called index.html

So, in your htdocs folder, you will have a HTML page called index.html Now, you could either create a folder inside htdocs and call it "css", and dump all your css files inside.

If you wanna call those CSS files from your index.html, you will call them using href="css/main.css"

What if your css files are not in a folder but along side your html documents? You will call them using href="main.css"

Here is a good read if you still don't understand http://help.adobe.com/en_US/dreamweaver/cs/using/WScbb6b82af5544594822510a94ae8d65-7c44a.html

John Locke
John Locke
15,479 Points
John Locke
John Locke
15,479 Points

One more thing, when you link to your CSS file, it is relative to the folder that your index.html file is in. Make sure that you have them all in one folder.

Ajinkya Borade
PLUS
Ajinkya Borade
Courses Plus Student 16,635 Points
Ajinkya Borade
Ajinkya Borade
Courses Plus Student 16,635 Points

can u please paste ur HTML part here.

Jafet Solorio
Jafet Solorio
2,060 Points
Jafet Solorio
Jafet Solorio
2,060 Points

Thanks guys i figured it out it was that i had the path wrong.