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Murray Collier
Courses Plus Student 498 PointsHow to overide h3 text color in bootstrap?
Hi i'm sure its really simple but I have some elements I would like in my website different colours than the standard bootstrap theme and I am having difficulty changing them. I'm sure its really easy but everything I've tried from the internet doesn't seem to be working. To be clear its headings and paragraph elements i'm looking to change.
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Luke Glazebrook
13,564 PointsHi Murray!
You should include these styles in an external css file made by you such as "main.css" and then link this stylesheet after you have linked bototstrap in your .html files.
Let me know if you get it working!
-Luke
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Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points- In the < head > of your html doc, you can move the link to your custom stylesheet below the bootstrap stylesheet so that your custom styles will override the bootstrap styles.
- You can add !important tags your properties to force them to override
h3 {
color:#00FF00 !important;
}
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Jeff Lemay
14,268 PointsFYI, important tags make it easy to override styles but it is strongly recommend that these are avoided. Things can get out of hand quickly and make your life more difficult in the long run.
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Murray Collier
Courses Plus Student 498 PointsAm I better deciding on colour schemes beforehand and downloading a customised version of bootstrap?
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Jeff Lemay
14,268 PointsThat's a good idea, you're color scheme may change as you continue building your site though. Even if you go this route, you should definitely have a custom stylesheet that is linked after your bootstrap.css file.
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Murray Collier
Courses Plus Student 498 PointsThanks a lot Jeff your comments are very appreciated.
Murray Collier
Courses Plus Student 498 PointsMurray Collier
Courses Plus Student 498 PointsThanks a lot Luke, much appreciated