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Posted by Timothy Armoo
Timothy Armoo
1,790 Points

How do I link my css spreadhsheet to HTML from desktop

I have gone through your the HTML modules and now I am on first stages of adding CSS. However I am unsure as to how to link the CSS file (the one called normalize) to my HTML code in Sublime as they are both just files on my desktop. How should I link the normalize.css file (it is currently located in the websitewaters-island folder which I downloaded from the Project Files tab) to my HTML code in Sublime.

1 Answer

Elliott Mangham
Elliott Mangham
13,086 Points
Elliott Mangham
Elliott Mangham
13,086 Points

Hi Timothy!

If you place the 'normalize.css' file within the main directory file, in your case 'websitewaters-island' you can simply refer to the file as: 'normalize.css'.

If however, you place it within a sub-folder, i.e. 'css' it would be: css/normalize.css

So for example, you would use the following code inside your 'head' tags:

<link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" media="screen" href="css/normalize.css" />

I hope this helps!