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CSS

Posted by chloevarner
chloevarner
Courses Plus Student 285 Points

How to fix the footer color

<style>

footer { color: green; }

</style>

I am following along with the videos in work space... and my code looks exactly the same as shown in the video but the footer is not green, whats wrong here?

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Here is a link to explain how to use Markdown to post your code How to post code

If you look at the bottom of the box when your typing a reply you will see Markdown Cheatsheet that will also explain how to post your code.

2 Answers

bleedcmyk
bleedcmyk
5,945 Points
bleedcmyk
bleedcmyk
5,945 Points

Are you trying to make the font color green or the background green?

For the background try;

footer { background: green; }

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

Please post the code in the forum so we can see what the problem is. Generally its just a minor mistake.