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CSS CSS Layout Basics Getting Started with CSS Layout Creating a Sticky Footer

Posted by Binyamin Grobman
Binyamin Grobman
9,286 Points

the browser is not loading the css

The browser is not loading the styles in the css files.

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Best City Guide</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/style.css"> </head> <body> <div class="wrap"> <header class="main-header"> <div class="container"> <h1 class="name"><a href="#">Best City Guide</a></h1> <ul class="main-nav"> <li><a href="#">ice cream</a></li> <li><a href="#">donuts</a></li> <li><a href="#">tea</a></li> <li><a href="#">coffee</a></li> </ul> </div> </header>

<div class="container">
    <h2>Welcome!</h2>
    <p>Everything in this city is worth waiting in line for.</p>
    <p>Cupcake ipsum dolor sit. Amet chocolate cake gummies jelly beans candy bonbon brownie candy. Gingerbread powder muffin. Icing cotton candy. Croissant icing pie ice cream brownie I love cheesecake cookie. Pastry chocolate pastry jelly croissant.</p>
    <p>Cake sesame snaps sweet tart candy canes tiramisu I love oat cake chocolate bar. Jelly beans pastry brownie sugar plum pastry bear claw tiramisu tootsie roll. Tootsie roll wafer I love chocolate donuts.</p>
</div>

</div>

<footer class="main-footer">
    <span>&copy;2015 Residents of The Best City Ever.</span>

</footer>

</body> </html>

/* ================================= Base Element Styles ==================================== */

  • { box-sizing: border-box; }

body { line-height: 1.6; color: #3a3a3a; }

p:last-child { margin-bottom: 0; }

a { color: #fff; text-decoration: none; } footer { position: fixed; /* always stay where I put you on the screen / bottom: 0; / I'm putting you at the bottom with no space in between / width: 100%; / fill the width of your containing element (body) */

/* ================================= Base Layout Styles ==================================== */

/* ---- Navigation ---- */

.name { margin: 0; }

/* ---- Layout Containers ---- */

.container { padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; }

.main-header { padding: 1.5em 0; background: #3acec2; }

.main-footer { text-align: center; padding: 2em 0; background: #d9e4ea; }

/* ================================= Media Queries ==================================== */

@media (min-width: 769px) {

.container { width: 70%; max-width: 1000px; margin: 0 auto; }

}

3 Answers

Samuel Llibre-Pillco
Samuel Llibre-Pillco
15,467 Points
Samuel Llibre-Pillco
Samuel Llibre-Pillco
15,467 Points

Check if you have the style.css in the directory you are providing.

The directory you use is css/style.css. Check if there is a style.css file.

Have fun ;)

Binyamin Grobman
Binyamin Grobman
9,286 Points
Binyamin Grobman
Binyamin Grobman
9,286 Points

https://w.trhou.se/35yb4su9w9 here is a snapshot of the editor.