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HTML How to Make a Website Beginning HTML and CSS Write a CSS Selector and Property

Posted by laurenpradella
laurenpradella
159 Points

Help!

I keep putting {color:green} but it is not working and I don't know what else to put

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

can you post your full code. you may be using an incorrect selector

laurenpradella
laurenpradella
159 Points

<body> <style> {color: green} <h1>Nick Pettit</h1> </body>

laurenpradella
laurenpradella
159 Points

<body> <style> h1 { color: green; } <h1>Nick Pettit</h1> </body>

It still won't work :(

7 Answers

Tunde Adegoroye
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 Points

your code should look like this 

  <style>
    h1 {
        color: green;
    }
  </style>
    <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
</body>```

I think your missing the style tag or misplacing it
laurenpradella
laurenpradella
159 Points

It worked!!! Thank you so much :) :)

Tunde Adegoroye
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 Points

Hahaha finally got there :)

Kevin Naegele
Kevin Naegele
10,868 Points
Kevin Naegele
Kevin Naegele
10,868 Points

Are you putting a selector in front of your code? When you are writing your CSS you have to tell it what it is affecting ie: h1,h1,p,a... ex

here is an example

h1{ color:green; }

Tunde Adegoroye
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 Points
Tunde Adegoroye
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 Points

You have to add the style sheet then write the element aka the selector and then the property with a semi colon like so <style> h1 { color:green; } </style>

This should be within the body tag

laurenpradella
laurenpradella
159 Points
laurenpradella
laurenpradella
159 Points

Thanks so much!!!

Tunde Adegoroye
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 Points

No problem :)

laurenpradella
laurenpradella
159 Points

Finally, set the color of the h1 element to green.

laurenpradella
laurenpradella
159 Points

and this is what I've got!

<body> <style> h1 { color:green; } <h1>Nick Pettit</h1> </body>

Kevin Naegele
Kevin Naegele
10,868 Points
Kevin Naegele
Kevin Naegele
10,868 Points

that looks correct. try removing the space between h1 and the {. but that is correct.

laurenpradella
laurenpradella
159 Points

It keeps saying I'm wrong!!! :(

Tunde Adegoroye
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 Points
Tunde Adegoroye
Tunde Adegoroye
20,597 Points

Is it in a style tag in the body ?