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CSS

Posted by Tatenda Muza
Tatenda Muza
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hi guys I'd like to do some projects n HTML AND CSS when i'm offline and check out my work. How can I do this?

I've just finished the HTML AND CSS basic course now i want to start practicing on the side. I have heard about text editors but how do I get the code that I have written onto a web browser. As well is notepad++ helpful??

2 Answers

Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
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Hi Tatenda! There are many free great text editors out there. My favourites are visual studio code, atom and brackets but it's totally up to you and people prefer different editors :). Regarding seeing your site in a web browser, when you make an index.html file (for example), go into the directory it's in and double click on it and it should open in the browser. If it doesn't then, open your browser and go the file menu and click the "open file from location" option and select your html file.

I hope that helps. Let me know if you have any questions :)

Tatenda Muza
Tatenda Muza
4,015 Points

Hi thanks a lot I got the idea. I'm trying to add a background image to my header using CSS on atom and though I have the file in a different folder it's not coming up? Any seggestions there??

Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
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Alexandra Barnett
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Has your CSS been linked correctly to the HTML or event the background image? Atom shouldn't work differently from other editors...if not, could you show me your code?