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CSS

Posted by Gary Christie
Gary Christie
5,151 Points

I'm trying to build my website and my css is not working

Here is my HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Gary Christie's Weight Loss Journey</title> <link rel= "stylesheet" href= "main.css"> </head>
<body> </body> </html>

Now here is my CSS. Very simple and nothing won't happen so far. What am I doing wrong?:

body { background: black; }

So basically I am trying to put my background black and its not happening. Both HTML and CSS are in the same folder. Originally I tried to put a image for a background and that wouldn't appear on the screen. After fighting with it for so long I decided do a black background. That is not working neither now

Shawn Denham
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Shawn Denham
Python Development Techdegree Student 17,801 Points

From what you have posted it looks like you have not linked your style sheet and/or included it in your .html file.

here is a link from w3schools on the 3 ways to hook up your css.

http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_howto.asp

2 Answers

Yulia Markina
Yulia Markina
12,616 Points
Yulia Markina
Yulia Markina
12,616 Points

Hi Gary! Make sure you've linked css file. It should look like this. I put main.css as the name of the file as an example.

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="main.css">
    <title>Gary Christie's Weight Loss Journey</title>
</head>
Cameron Archer
Cameron Archer
5,399 Points
Cameron Archer
Cameron Archer
5,399 Points

Shawn is right it looks like you need to link you css to you html file.

    <head>
        <link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css">
  </head>