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CSS

Posted by Jack Cummins
Jack Cummins
17,417 Points

Why won't this CSS code work?

My code is

'''<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> </head> <body> <nav> <ul id="nav"> <li>About</li> <li>Coding</li> <li>Contact</li> </ul> </nav>

<footer>
</footer>

</body> </html>

and #nav { color:darkgreen; list-style: none; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 100%; text-align: center; background-color: black; height:40px; }

but it won't apply the styles to the list.

Please tell me what I'm doing wrong, Jack

tomd
tomd
16,701 Points

Have you linked your CSS document to your HTML document? Like this..

<!DOCtype html>
<html>
<head>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css">        <------ THIS PART HERE. Are you missing this?
</head>
<body>
...................
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Oenas Vaes
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree seal-36
Oenas Vaes
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 17,319 Points

Hello Jack,

Supposedly you didn't link your stylesheet to your HTML. You need to add the following code to your HTML in between the head tag.

<head>
    <title></title>
    <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet">
</head>

You can read more about the link element at MDN.

Jack Cummins
Jack Cummins
17,417 Points
Jack Cummins
Jack Cummins
17,417 Points

Thanks!