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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Adding a Style to several Elements using Class

Posted by Micheal Jones
Micheal Jones
3,972 Points

How do I do this?

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

    <a class="social-links" href="#">Follow me on Twitter!</a>
    <a class="social-links" href="#">Send me an Email!</a>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.social-links {
15px: padding;

}

2 Answers

Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 Points
Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 Points

If you want to add a border to this element you can use the following code :

.social-links {
  padding: 15px;
  margin: 10px;
border: 1px solid red;
}
Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 Points
Dimitar Dimitrov
Dimitar Dimitrov
11,800 Points

You are close but the padding and the margin properties need to be first like this : 

.social-links {
  padding: 15px;
  margin: 10px
}
Micheal Jones
Micheal Jones
3,972 Points

ok. How would it look if I wanted to add a boarder Attribute?