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CSS

Naomi Freier
Naomi Freier
3,627 Points
Posted by Naomi Freier
Naomi Freier
3,627 Points

i'm trying to make my website responsive using media queries and it's not working. what am I doing wrong?

this is my code:

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) {

  body {
    background-color: blue;
  }
}

@media screen and (min-width: 660px) {

  body {
    background-color: orange;
  }
}

this is what I put into the html:

<link rel="sytlesheet" href="css/responsive.css">

this is in head, underneath all other css file links.

4 Answers

David Bilson
David Bilson
13,819 Points

It looks like a typo:

<link rel="sytlesheet" href="css/responsive.css">

It should be stylesheet

Ian Suy
Ian Suy
6,706 Points
Ian Suy
Ian Suy
6,706 Points

Nice catch! I do that all the time.

Ian Suy
Ian Suy
6,706 Points
Ian Suy
Ian Suy
6,706 Points

I think you want to use max-width.

Corwyn Wilkey
Corwyn Wilkey
7,971 Points
Corwyn Wilkey
Corwyn Wilkey
7,971 Points

Do you have this meta tag included in the head?

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
Corwyn Wilkey
Corwyn Wilkey
7,971 Points
Corwyn Wilkey
Corwyn Wilkey
7,971 Points

Oh, yep... Good eye @David Bilson! There is a typo in the link. @Naomi Frier, you put "sytlesheet" instead of "stylesheet".