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HTML How to Make a Website Creating HTML Content Include External CSS

Phil Pecoraro
Phil Pecoraro
659 Points
Posted by Phil Pecoraro
Phil Pecoraro
659 Points

Trouble linking index.html to normalize.css

Hello! I've checked my work repeatedly and I'm following the instructions EXACTLY.

normalize.css is in the css folder where it should be, and I've included <link rel="stylesheet" href"css/normalize.css"> in my index.html file, and I'm still not seeing the results of the css (changed font, no more bullet points in unordered lists, etc.)

Am I doing something wrong, or are other people having this problem?

spencerortega
spencerortega
2,624 Points

Would you mind showing your code?

Phil Pecoraro
Phil Pecoraro
659 Points
Phil Pecoraro
Phil Pecoraro
659 Points

Sure! I'm not sure if there's a way to upload my project, but here's my code snippet in context:

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Phil Pecoraro | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href"css/normalize.css">
 </head>

My file directory looks like:

css/normalize.css
img
index.html

The "normalize.css" document is the standard file that you download on that project.

Thanks in advance for any help! =)

2 Answers

Jeff Busch
Jeff Busch
19,287 Points

Hi Phil,

Is this what you are referring to?

jeff

<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
  </head>
Phil Pecoraro
Phil Pecoraro
659 Points
Phil Pecoraro
Phil Pecoraro
659 Points

Yes, and from looking at your code, I've realized that I've missed the "=" after "href"! Thanks!

spencerortega
spencerortega
2,624 Points

Glad you got it sorted out. Sorry, I got pulled away after asking to see your code! Cheers.

Jordan Osmond
Jordan Osmond
7,020 Points
Jordan Osmond
Jordan Osmond
7,020 Points

I'm not sure which challenge you are doing but my guess is that you are linking the wrong css file. The font changes and styling of lists should be in a file called something like style.css. Try linking both stylesheets normalize.css and another css file.