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

Posted by Tyler Roberts
Tyler Roberts
Courses Plus Student 217 Points

what does it mean to create a rule on css for the class main-pg but not style instruction

im confused

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 {

2 Answers

Antti Lylander
Antti Lylander
9,686 Points
Antti Lylander
Antti Lylander
9,686 Points

Almost what you have done. Just a couple notes:

  1. don't forget the closing curly brace
  2. check how you target a class (you are now targeting a tagname)
John Cotter
John Cotter
2,489 Points
John Cotter
John Cotter
2,489 Points

.main-pg { color: red; }

as an example would change p to red

remember the . is the target for a class and as above always close with a }

John Cotter
John Cotter
2,489 Points
John Cotter
John Cotter
2,489 Points

the HTML is spot on, its just the css the needs more work