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

mike ma
mike ma
542 Points
Posted by mike ma
mike ma
542 Points

Give paragraph a border

tried with

an element

p { border: 4px solid red }

doesn't work

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

    <p class="main-pg" My amazing website style="border:solid;
  color:red;
  width:4px;"</p>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.main-pg {

}

p {
border: 4px solid red

}

2 Answers

Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 51,574 Points

Hi saeed.

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

    <p class="main-pg"></p>

  </body>
</html>

.main-pg {
    border: 4px solid red;
}

You have to write the CSS Rule for the element and you don't need anything additional in the HTML.

mike ma
mike ma
542 Points
mike ma
mike ma
542 Points

HI, sorry i totally forgot there was a class in p element, should pay more attention. thanks