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HTML How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets What is CSS?

Posted by colin cairns
colin cairns
325 Points

when I type in code it does not update in browser

The color does not change when I enter :

<style> footer { color: green; } </style>

2 Answers

doesitmatter
doesitmatter
12,885 Points
doesitmatter
doesitmatter
12,885 Points

Try placing <style> footer { color: green; } </style> below the other <link> tags which link to css. Then you will see the footers foreground color turn green. If you place it above the other <link> tags which link to css, it will be overwritten. This is how css works.

Example:

h1{
    color:red;
    color:green;
}

h1's color will be green.

colin cairns
colin cairns
325 Points

This doesn't resolve the problem. My code is at the top of the document below the first <link> tab.

doesitmatter
doesitmatter
12,885 Points

place it all the way at end of <head>

colin cairns
colin cairns
325 Points
colin cairns
colin cairns
325 Points

I found the problem and resolved it. I had entered <p>Ā© 2017</p> inside <a></a> at end of document. I moved it below <a></a> and just above </footer> and it now works! Thanks for your suggestion, First Last.

doesitmatter
doesitmatter
12,885 Points

Next time post the full code ;)