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CSS

Rachel Bird
Rachel Bird
11,968 Points
Posted by Rachel Bird
Rachel Bird
11,968 Points

Font color and background not changing

This is my style.css but nothing changes except the font type:

body {
  font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
  color: #FAF3BC;
  background: #420600 url('img/bg-texture.jpg') repeat;
}

a {
  color: #4FB69F;
  text-decoration: none;
}

I'm sure I linked it correctly:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/grid.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
  <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">

Could it be a Safari or OSX thing?

5 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Your HTML markup and CSS looks good. Most likely it's a path issue or your page is being cached.

http://codepen.io/jamesbarnett/pen/cazKp

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points
Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Hi Rachel,

When i put it into code pen it showed a dark red background.

for your background url you might want to try looking at the img path.

You need to move back one level.

Try

background: #420600 url('../img/bg-texture.jpg') repeat;

dot dot / moves you out of the folder your in.

Sorry if it doesn't make sense its very late here, let me know if you need a better explanation. Also you don't need repeat as thats the default anyway.

Giovanni CELESTE
Giovanni CELESTE
20,961 Points
Giovanni CELESTE
Giovanni CELESTE
20,961 Points

Hi Rachel, I tried your code, works fine here (firefox, chrome and safari), got the redish dark background, text color white yellow, and link turquoise. I copied/pasted it, so I think the problem could come from another place (markups from your html maybe?). Could you post your entirer code please?

Rachel Bird
Rachel Bird
11,968 Points
Rachel Bird
Rachel Bird
11,968 Points

Sure!

index.html

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf=8"/>
  <title>Smells Like Bakin' Cupcake Company</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/grid.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
  <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
  </head>
  <body>
    <div class="container clearfix">
      <div class="grid_4">
        <img src="img/logo.gif" alt="Smells Like Bakin">
      </div>
      <div class="grid_8 omega">
        <ul class="nav">
          <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Cupcakes &amp; Prices</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Locations</a></li>
          <li class="last"><a href="#">Contact Us</a></li>
        </ul>
      </div>
        <div id="intro" class="grid_9">
          <h1>Opposites really do attract, especially in our kitchen! We combine uexpected flavors that melt together to create ironically delicious desserts.</h1>
          <p><a href="#" class="btn">Browse Our Cupcakes</a></p>
        </div>

        <div class="grid_3 omega">
         <img src="img/you-bake-me-blush.gif" alt="You Bake Me Blush">
        </div>

         <div id="featured-cupcake" class="grid_7">
          <h2>Cupcake of the Week</h2>
          <p>This week's featured cupcake is the <a href="#">Avocado Chocolate Cupcake</a>. It's strange combination of flavors will kick your tastebuds into fiesta mode!</p>
          <img src="img/featured-cupcake.jpg" alt="Avocado Chocolate Cupcake">
        </div>
         <div id="new-cupcakes" class="grid_5 omega">
          <h2>Fresh Out the Oven</h2>
          <p>Our newest cupcakes are <a href="#">Bacon Me Crazy</a> and <a href="#">Jalapeno So Spicy</a>.</p>
          <img src="img/new-cupcake-bacon.jpg" alt="Bacon Me Crazy">
          <img src="img/new-cupcake-jalapeno.jpg" alt="Jalapeno So Spicy">
        </div>

        <div class="grid_7">
          <h2>Inside the Kitchen</h2>
          <p>Smells Like Bakin' started out in the garage of the husband wife duo Allison &amp; Joseph. Allison is the baker, and Joseph found a way for them to make a business out of her tasty treats. Flash forward to today, and they have a successful storefront, catering business and cupcake truck.</p>
          <p><a href="#" class="btn-small">Read More</a></p>
        </div>

        <div class="grid_5 omega">
          <h2>Get Bakin' with Us</h2>

          <div id="contact">
            <p> Call Uus: <span>1-555-CUP-CAKE</span><br>
              Email us: <a href="#">bakeon@smellslikebakin.com</a>
            </p>
          </div>

            <p>We announce all of our new flavors first through Facebook &amp; Twitter, and even take requests!</p>

            <a href="http://wwww.facebook.com/SmellsLikeBakin"><img src="img/facebook.gif" alt="Facebook"></a>
            <a href="http://wwww.twitter.com/SmellsLikeBakin"><img src="img/twitter.gif" alt="Twitter"></a>
          </div>

          <div id="copyright" class="grid_12">
            <p>&copy; 2012 Smells Like Bakin' Cupcake Company. All Rights Reserved.</p>
          </div>
</div>
  </body>
</html>

style.css

body {
  font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;
  color: #FAF3BC;
  background: #420600 url('img/bg-texture.jpg') repeat;
}

a {
  color: #4FB69F;
  text-decoration: none;
}

I'm using Sublime Text 2 so I don't know why there would be any markup.

Rachel Bird
Rachel Bird
11,968 Points
Rachel Bird
Rachel Bird
11,968 Points

James, sorry for the delay, but you were absolutely right. It was being cached. Thanks so much!