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CSS CSS Foundations Getting Started with CSS Adding CSS to a Page

Fedor Andreev
Fedor Andreev
6,438 Points
Posted by Fedor Andreev
Fedor Andreev
6,438 Points

I have a question about the color code on this video?

I tried changing the color code c80202 to another one online. It did not change the background. So I figured maybe I need a special one for css. I deleted the whole style and refreshed the page and it didn't even go back to a white page?

What is happening? I'm so confused.

5 Answers

Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points

The color code is fine, and you don't need a 'special' one for CSS (other than the standard hex) but just to make sure, where you prefacing the code with the pound sign (#)?

Should look like this:

background-color: #FFFFFF; (where FFFFFF is any hex color code.)

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

did you save your page after making the change?

Fedor Andreev
Fedor Andreev
6,438 Points
Fedor Andreev
Fedor Andreev
6,438 Points

I placed the code in the wrong section. Found my problem. Thanks. I was worried that CSS would require "different codes" than digital photo software editor color codes. I thought to myself why would they make the color codes different and make things even more complicated lol. Thank god that was not the case.

Adrian Melendez
Adrian Melendez
5,555 Points
Adrian Melendez
Adrian Melendez
5,555 Points

If you are refreshing and nothing is changing there might be something wrong with the way your browser is caching the page. You can force the browser to reload the page by adding question marks (?) to the end of the url:

http://example.com/examplepage.htm?

or

file:///C:/Users/You/Desktop/TreeHouse/examplepage.htm?

You can also add more than one question mark to the end.

Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points
Cena Mayo
Cena Mayo
55,236 Points

So frustrating when you bang your head against the wall trying to figure out a problem and it's something silly like code in the wrong place. :) Glad you got it fixed!