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Esteban Ruseler
1,686 PointsPlease help. Trying to move from local host to FTP server - wrong HTML code
I have a website ready to go but I cant FTP it. The index (HTML) loads fine but the CSS isn't loading.
In my local host I had
<link rel="stylesheet" href="file://localhost/Users/esteban/Documents/z/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
So I've changed it to
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
But it doesnt work, I've also tried href="file://style.css"
I know this is probably a silly question but it's so frustrating to be falling over the last hurdle.
If anyone can help, I'd be really grateful :)
5 Answers
Graham Saunders
2,683 PointsMake sure the css is in your root director (The same one your index.html is in) and also make sure it's included in the <head> element of your document.
John Wheal
27,969 PointsYou don't need the file:// part of the link.
Just use href="style.css". This will work as long as the css is in the same folder as index.html
Esteban Ruseler
1,686 PointsJohn Wheal That's what I thought. I had the css style, normalise, grid.css all in the same "level" but then what worked was putting it all in a file folder and uploading that. Thanks for your help :)
James Barnett
39,199 Points> what worked was putting it all in a file folder
As your website grows you'll want to organize your images, CSS & HTML into separate folders. Here's a tutorial where you can read more about how to organize your files
Esteban Ruseler
1,686 PointsGraham Saunders Thank you so much. I basically had to create a file folder and upload that to the server. So it worked, my first website is live :))
Esteban Ruseler
1,686 PointsJames Barnett Thanks for this, I found it really useful.
(Apologies for the delayed response. I was travelling.)