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HTML

Posted by stephenallison
stephenallison
8,559 Points

How do you add a class to the paragraph element?

I'm not sure how to add class "main-pg" to the paragraph element? Is this done in html or the css page?

3 Answers

Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points
Erik Nuber
Erik Nuber
20,629 Points 
<p class="classNameHere" id="idNameHere> Your Text </p>

this will allow you to style them in css

.classNameHere {
    yourstyles 
}

#idNameHere {
    your styles
}
stephenallison
stephenallison
8,559 Points

<!doctype html> <html> <head> <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet"> </head> <body> <p>My amazing website</p>

</body> </html>

Thanks so much for the response! Im still not sure where it goes in the code. Do i create a new paragraph or add it to the existing one?

Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,325 Points
Julian Gutierrez
Julian Gutierrez
19,325 Points

Add it to the existing paragraph. the syntax is as follows:

<p class="put your class name here">My amazing website</p>
stephenallison
stephenallison
8,559 Points

Thank you for the response!

Yuan Gao
Yuan Gao
8,947 Points
Yuan Gao
Yuan Gao
8,947 Points

Hi Stephen, you can assign the value of the property ("main-pg" in your case) to the property ("class" in your case) by using this format:

<p property = "property value">  </p>
stephenallison
stephenallison
8,559 Points

Thank you for the response!