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CSS How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Use Classes in CSS

Posted by Allison Chefec
Allison Chefec
2,781 Points

Why are there two "a" selector bits of css? There is the one at the top and one after #logo.

I thought I could combine them, so I put the color declaration inside the top "a" area, but it didn't change the color. It only changed the color when I added that second "a" area under #logo.

3 Answers

Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points
Brandon Barrette
Brandon Barrette
20,485 Points

Without code, I'm not quite sure what you're asking, but I'll take a guess. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

So in CSS, this would mean:

/* all anchor tags on page */
a {
   color: purple;
}

/* only anchor tags INSIDE the element with ID = logo */
#logo a {
   color: red;
}
Allison Chefec
Allison Chefec
2,781 Points
Allison Chefec
Allison Chefec
2,781 Points

Thanks for the quick response! I think it was actually my fault, I had forgotten the hash sign for a color value. Whoops.

Ryne Smith
Ryne Smith
1,297 Points
Ryne Smith
Ryne Smith
1,297 Points

I was still wondering why there are two "a" selectors still. Why did he not just put all of the declarations in one rule instead of making two?