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CSS How to Make a Website Beginning HTML and CSS Write a CSS Selector and Property

Posted by Paul Kirsch
Paul Kirsch
2,894 Points

why isn't my code working

I put this in and I get a Bummer. What am I doing wrong? <body> <style> h1 { color: blue; } <h1>Nick Pettit</h1> </style> </body>

3 Answers

Jeff Mignone
Jeff Mignone
15,395 Points

Are you including the style tags?

<style>
your code
</style>
Paul Kirsch
Paul Kirsch
2,894 Points
Paul Kirsch
Paul Kirsch
2,894 Points

My query in this forum is not appearing as I typed it! What's going on?

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

The forum uses markdown to correctly format code, check out this thread on how to type code in the forum for some examples.

Paul Kirsch
Paul Kirsch
2,894 Points
Paul Kirsch
Paul Kirsch
2,894 Points

Thanks Jeff, I figured it out. I didn't close style "</style>" before the text that I wanted to change. I closed it after the text.