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CSS How to Make a Website Beginning HTML and CSS Write a CSS Selector and Property

Ralph Tricoche
Ralph Tricoche
186 Points
Posted by Ralph Tricoche
Ralph Tricoche
186 Points

Im getting an error, why?

This is what I wrote to make my h1 element green, don't know why I'm getting an error. Says bummer.

<body> <style>

  h1 {
    color: green;
  }
<h1>Ralph Tricoche</h1>



 </style>

</body>

3 Answers

Eric Felder
Eric Felder
1,308 Points
Eric Felder
Eric Felder
1,308 Points

It looks like you have your h1 tag inside your style tag. Your h1 should be outside the style tag:

<style>
  h1 {
    color: green;
  }
</style>

<h1>Ralph Tricoche</h1>
Erwin van Hoof
Erwin van Hoof
11,690 Points
Erwin van Hoof
Erwin van Hoof
11,690 Points

You need the CSS to be wrapped in a style tag

like this:

<style>
h1 {
  color: green;
}
</style> 

<h1>Ralph Tricoche</h1>
Ralph Tricoche
Ralph Tricoche
186 Points
Ralph Tricoche
Ralph Tricoche
186 Points

Thank you both. I see my error now. I appreciate the speedy response.