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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Test: Styling by Element and Class

Posted by Frederick Quinney
Frederick Quinney
Courses Plus Student 406 Points

red will not show up when typed in the css i dont understand as i am writing the css like the video told me too

when I type our red after bordercolour or in the border tag it stays gray and wont show up in the html

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
  </head>
  <body>

    <p class="main-pg">My amazing website</p>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.main-pg {
  border; 4px
  border-color; 
}

1 Answer

Adam Pengh
Adam Pengh
29,881 Points
Adam Pengh
Adam Pengh
29,881 Points

You need to use semi-colons after the property name and colons after the value.

.main-pg {
  border-width: 4px;
  border-style: solid;
  border-color: red;
  border: 4px solid red; /* shorthand method */
}