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

nicholasgryczewski
nicholasgryczewski
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Posted by nicholasgryczewski
nicholasgryczewski
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how do I set the 'class' attribute of the first <a> element to "social-links"?

set the 'class' attribute of the first <a> element to "social-links".

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>List Example</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <i> Index </i>
    <a href="#social-links">Follow me on Twitter!</a>
    <a href="#social-links">Send me an Email!</a>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
a.social-links
{}

1 Answer

Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points
Stuart Wright
Stuart Wright
41,118 Points

You need to set the class attribute to social-links, not the href attribute:

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

The href attribute is where the link would go (e.g. "http://twitter.com/someuser"), but # is often used as a placeholder when the link hasn't been added yet.