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Oliver Sewell
16,097 Pointsspan class id isnt working
my span class id isnt working and changing the style
<span class="title"> Journey through the Sierra Nevada Mountains </span>
.title { color: white; font-size: 26px; }
9 Answers
Andrew K
13,774 PointsHey Oliver, A class and an id are two different things. If you include your html, I might be able to help you better here, but, from your css, it looks like you want to assign a class (.title) to a span. If you wish to set an id, then you would use the hash mark (#title). You will set these separately with
<span class='title'>
or
<span id='title'>
Don't forget to close your span tag. Hope that helps!
Michael Wooff
9,026 Pointslooks good to me. maybe check for any other css code that might be over-riding the title class selector?
Oziel Perez
61,321 PointsTouche! Although I don't think the code challenge should have any kind of styles that may override others, it's definitely worth noting.
Oliver Sewell
16,097 Points <span class="title"> Journey through the Sierra Nevada Mountains </span>
Oliver Sewell
16,097 Pointsthanks for the reply andrew ! ive added my html do you want me to post the whole of it?
Andrew K
13,774 PointsAh, I didn't see that! As far as I can tell, your code is fine. Is this part of a challenge?
Oliver Sewell
16,097 Pointsno its part of the code maybe its a bug here is the whole of my code is their anything wrong
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Lake Tahoe</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css">
</head>
<body>
<header id="top" class="main-header">
<span class="title"> Journey through the Sierra Nevada Mountains </span>
<h1>Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
</header>
<div class="primary-content t-border">
<p>
Lake Tahoe is one of the most breathtaking attractions located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
</p>
<a href="#">Find out more</a>
<h2>Check out all the Wildlife</h2>
<p>
As spawning season approaches the fish acquire a humpback and protuberant jaw. After spawning they die and their carcasses provide a feast for gatherings of <a href="#">mink</a>, <a href="#">bears</a>, and <a href="#">Bald eagles</a>.
</p>
<a href="#">See the Wildlife</a>
</div>
<div class="secondary-content t-border">
<h3>From Tents to Resorts</h3>
<p>
Lake Tahoe is full of wonderful places to stay. You have the ability to sleep in the outdoors in a tent, or relax like a king at a five star resort. Here are our top three resorts:
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="#">Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel</a></li>
<li><a href="#">South Lake Tahoe Resorts</a></li>
<li><a href="#">Tahoe Ski Resort Lodging</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Pack Accordingly</h3>
<p>
One of most important things when it comes to traveling through the great outdoors is packing accordingly. Here are a few tips:
</p>
<ol>
<li>Bring layers of clothing</li>
<li>Pack sunscreen</li>
<li>Carry extra water just in case</li>
<li>Pack light</li>
</ol>
</div>
<footer id="main-footer" class="t-border">
<p>All rights reserved to the state of <a href="#top">California</a>.</p>
<a href="#">Back to top »</a>
</footer>
</body>
</html>
Oliver Sewell
16,097 Pointshere is the css
body {
color: #878787;
margin: 0;
}
.main-header {
background-color: orange;
}
.title {
color: white;
font-size: 26px;
}
ol li {
background-color: tomato;
color: white;
margin-bottom: 5px;
}
h1 {
font-size: 90px;
color: white;
}
h2 {
font-size: 53px;
}
h3 {
font-size: 20px;
color: #48525c;
}
.primary-content {
text-align: center;
}
.t-border {
border-top: 2px solid lightgrey;
}
#main-footer {
padding-top: 60px;
padding-bottom: 60px;
border-bottom: solid 10px orange;
}
im not sure what ive typed wrong
Andrew K
13,774 PointsWell, I tried your code and it works fine. When you view it, "Journey through the Sierra Nevada Mountains" is not showing up white and 26px, but everything else is fine?
Oliver Sewell
16,097 Pointsyeah everythings fine apart from that , it refuses to change for some reason T__T
Andrew K
13,774 PointsVery odd. I literally just copied and pasted your code into an editor and loaded it from there. Didn't touch a thing, and the span is definitely working in Chrome (I used dev tools to make sure!). Sorry I couldn't be of help!
Unsubscribed User
5,512 PointsSpecify classes by leading the class name with a period
.title { color: white; font-size: 26px; }
Specify id's by leading the id name with a # sign
#title { color: white; font-size: 26px; }
Russ Fleharty
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 10,815 PointsI'm not doing this course but make sure you have the right selector. span.classname and # for an id name.
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 PointsTry a hard refresh in your browser. There may be a cache issue.
Windows: Ctrl + F5
Mac: Cmd + Shift + R
Oliver Sewell
16,097 Pointsthankyou for the help, it didnt work so i just moved on to the next lesson and reloaded the new workspace and everything is working :D
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 PointsOh, this was in a workspace?
If you get an issue like this again, save your files, close the workspace and open it again. That should do the trick, so long as there were no issues with the code in the first place.
Have fun and happy coding. :)
Oziel Perez
61,321 PointsAlthough it seems that you have received the help that you need for your challenge or code, I'd like to point out a suggestion to double check that the brackets are always present in your CSS code. Example:
span { color:#FFFFFF; background-color:#DDDDDD;
see what's missing? the last bracket at the end. I just point this out because, when I started, a lot of the times this would happen to me and I didn't know why my code wasn't working, and it turned out to be a missing bracket (or a missing semicolon after a value). Keep this in mind as part of your debugging checklist in future projects.
Oliver Sewell
16,097 Pointsthanks oziel , yeah sometimes i always forget the closing brackets i need to write both at the start like the tutors , thankyou