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CSS

Posted by Liam Hulley
Liam Hulley
1,363 Points

My CSS wont Link To my HTML

i cant get my css to link to my html and i am using href and i have the correct file name can someone help me

2 Answers

qdzfplofsk
qdzfplofsk
22,025 Points
qdzfplofsk
qdzfplofsk
22,025 Points

Liam,

Can you paste in the code you are using? Sometimes it helps to open the .css file in the browser (with file > open file) and just copy the end of the path ../css/styles.css and paste that in the html to be sure.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Sounds like you've got a file path issue:

The way it works is that you have to put your images in the correct folder relative, to your HTML file.

Here's an example:

file directory structure example

Does that help?

If not, you can read up about absolute vs relative paths