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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 Angel Ruelas
Angel Ruelas
3,810 Points

how do you make a class in html

to combine it with CSS

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

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

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.social-links

1 Answer

Max Senden
Max Senden
23,177 Points
Max Senden
Max Senden
23,177 Points

Hi Angel,

You can give an HTML a class by adding it in its tag. So:

<body>

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

  </body>

Hope it helps. Max