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CSS

Posted by Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper
968 Points

Cannot change color of text using CSS

Trying to change the color of some text using CSS but no matter what I do it will not happen. The HTML page is this; <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>Andy Cooper's Resume</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="resume.css"> </head> <body> <img src="http://placeimg.com/200/200/tech" alt="Andy Cooper, Web Developer"> <h1>Andy Cooper, Web Developer</h1> <h2>Summary of Qualifications</h2> <ul> <li>Experience as a freelance developer</li> <li>Experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript</li> <li>Bachelor of Science, Economics</li> </ul> </body> </html>

The CSS is this;

h1 { color: blue; }

Any ideas? Again, I'm a newbie, only been doing HTML and CSS basics for just over a week! Cheers, Andy Cooper

3 Answers

Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper
968 Points

Hi All, thanks to the help from the community here I think I can not post my problem correctly. I'm just working my way through the beginners part of HTML and CSS and I have come across and issue I just cannot seem to solve. I've completed the code in HTML and CSS exactly like the tutor has shwon in the videos, I've triple checked and I just cannot seem to find out what I'm doing wrong. I'm supposed to change the text colour in h1 from black to blue, here is the html code;

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Andy Cooper's Resume</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="rootfolder/resume.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <img src="http://placeimg.com/200/200/tech" alt="Andy Cooper, Web Developer">
    <h1>Andy Cooper, Web Developer</h1>
    <h2>Summary of Qualifications</h2>
    <ul>
        <li>Experience as a freelance developer</li>
        <li>Experience with HTML, CSS and JavaScript</li>
        <li>Bachelor of Science, Economics</li>
    </ul>
  </body>
</html>

And here is my CSS code

h1 {
  color: blue;
}

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? Cheers

Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper
968 Points
Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper
968 Points

Hi folks, please ignore my last question, I copied and pasted HTML and CSS using Ctrl C and Ctrl V, it has not come out the same way as I pasted it, so it does not look as it should do in HTML and CSS. Sorry

Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper
968 Points
Andrew Cooper
Andrew Cooper
968 Points

Sorry, I've tried it without 'rootfolder' (in the HTML link) and it still will not work.