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Posted by James Bryer
James Bryer
656 Points

Normalize doesn't work?

I have downloaded the file into a folder shared with my baking' website and linked it up but there doesn't seem to be any effect? The font is still the same etc. Any suggestions?

4 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Normalize isn't about adding styles, it's about taking them away. Essentially all it deals with are removing browser default styles to give your site more of a fresh, clean, white canvas to build from, and to help your site look more consistent among all the major browsers.

James Bryer
James Bryer
656 Points
James Bryer
James Bryer
656 Points

Hey kevin thanks for answering.

But the style is the same it has no effect I'm not sure if i have applied it right?

James

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Look at your source code. Find where you linked in your normalize CSS file, and see if the browser shows the actual CSS in that file, or if it it couldn't find it.

James Bryer
James Bryer
656 Points
James Bryer
James Bryer
656 Points

Hey kevin,

I have it in a folder location like this:

/Users/JamesJohnBryer/Dropbox/Team Treehouse Porjects/normalize.css

I also have in linked in like this:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/Users/JamesJohnBryer/Dropbox/Team Treehouse Porjects/normalize.css" type="type/css" media="screen">