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CSS CSS Foundations Selectors Type Selectors

Jane Marianne Filipiak
Jane Marianne Filipiak
7,444 Points
Posted by Jane Marianne Filipiak
Jane Marianne Filipiak
7,444 Points

Same Problem! Cannot apply CSS styling to my html page.

Hello out there. I am following Guil's 'Type Selectors' CSS tutorial. I typed the html into one file of Notepad text editor. I saved in as 'index.html'. I typed CSS into another file of Notepad text editor. I saved it as 'style.css'. I put both these files into a folder named CSS. When I open the html in a browser, refresh the page, the CSS styling is not applied. What is causing this problem? Regards

4 Answers

Phillip 25A
Phillip 25A
4,963 Points
Phillip 25A
Phillip 25A
4,963 Points

Did you check to see if the path of the CSS file is correct in the HTML? If they are not in the same folder you need to specify the path.

Sebastian Mercado
Sebastian Mercado
8,800 Points
Sebastian Mercado
Sebastian Mercado
8,800 Points

You have to link your CSS style sheet to your HTML document.

Put this into the head section of your HTML document: 

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/style.css">

I would also recommend not putting your index.html document in your CSS folder.