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CSS

Posted by Dillon Carter
Dillon Carter
6,364 Points

CSS: Need Help With Font Color Change

I am working on a personal project along with learning the Web Dev track. I am running into some layout issues and could really use some help.

Desired Layout Template: http://dribbble.com/shots/1183859-Something-New?list=searches&tag=website

My Code Via CodePen: http://cdpn.io/boscL

The code should be very simple, I know but for some reason I am missing something here and have become stuck. In the white margin I would like to make the text black but cannot figure out how to alter the font color in CSS to make it happen without changing all of the <p> elements

3 Answers

Tom Bedford
Tom Bedford
15,645 Points

For the text colors you have set every hl1, hl2 and p to be white. You can avoid this by selection only certain elements within other elements.

e.g. only hl1, hl2 and p within an element with the class of "logo".

.logo h1, 
.logo h2,
.logo p {
    color: white;
}
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

The CSS could use some DRY-ing out

Dillon Carter
Dillon Carter
6,364 Points
Dillon Carter
Dillon Carter
6,364 Points

Thanks for your help! This set everything straight :) James Barnett I will looking into "DRY-ing Out" the CSS code and implement it.