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CSS How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Use ID Selectors

Kasper Braun
Kasper Braun
198 Points
Posted by Kasper Braun
Kasper Braun
198 Points

It will not link the style sheet for main.css?

When I´ve added this line of code into my index.html: <link rel"stylesheet" href="css/main.css">

It doesen´t seem to work, when i try to put this line of code into the main.css:

body {

background-color: orange; }

6 Answers

Máté Végh
Máté Végh
25,607 Points
Máté Végh
Máté Végh
25,607 Points

Hi! The line of CSS code you wrote is correct. There may be some trouble with the file path for the stylesheet. Post your index.html page here so we can help you out!

Shaun Kelly
Shaun Kelly
35,560 Points
Shaun Kelly
Shaun Kelly
35,560 Points

Hi Kasper,

try inserting this line of code into the head section of your index.html file:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css" media="screen">
Kasper Braun
Kasper Braun
198 Points
Kasper Braun
Kasper Braun
198 Points

Here is my index.html:

!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="uft-8"> <title>Kasper Toft Braun | Designer</title> <link rel"stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link rel"stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html"> <h1>Kasper Toft Braun</h1> <h2>Designer</h2> </a> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header> <section> <ul> <li> <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p> </a> </li> </ul> </section> <footer> <a href="#"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a> <a href="#"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a> <p>© 2015 Kasper Toft Braun.</p> </footer> </body> </html>

Kasper Braun
Kasper Braun
198 Points
Kasper Braun
Kasper Braun
198 Points

Sorry. The doctype does of course look like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>

Shaun Kelly
Shaun Kelly
35,560 Points
Shaun Kelly
Shaun Kelly
35,560 Points

Remember to include the equals sign after rel. Heres how your code should look:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<head>
<meta charset="uft-8">
<title>Kasper Toft Braun | Designer</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
</head>

<header>
  <a href="index.html">
    <h1>Kasper Toft Braun</h1>
    <h2>Designer</h2>
  </a>
  <nav>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>
      <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
      <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>
  </nav>
</header>
<section>
  <ul>
    <li>
      <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
        <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
        <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
      </a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
        <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
        <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
      </a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
        <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
        <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
      </a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
        <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
        <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
      </a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
        <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
        <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
      </a>
    </li>
  </ul>
</section>
<footer>
  <a href="#"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
  <a href="#"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a>
  <p>&copy; 2015 Kasper Toft Braun.</p>
</footer>
Shaun Kelly
Shaun Kelly
35,560 Points

Just a simple typo error

Kasper Braun
Kasper Braun
198 Points
Kasper Braun
Kasper Braun
198 Points

Wauw. That error. Thank you so much for helping me!

Shaun Kelly
Shaun Kelly
35,560 Points

No problem! Happy to help!