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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Styling the Intro Paragraph

Reginald Ofori
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How do I create a rule to target an element which is part of a specific class and control the styling?

I am having trouble solving a challenge. I need to: Create a new rule that targets the span element inside .intro. Give the span element a bold font weight and an italic font style. How best to do this? My solution, which seems to be wrong, was:

span, .intro { font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; }

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1>Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>
    <div class="primary-content t-border">
      <p class="intro">
        Lake Tahoe is one of the most <span>breathtaking attractions</span> located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
      </p>
      <a href="#more">Find out more</a>
    </div>
    <footer class="main-footer">
      <p>All rights reserved to the state of <a href="#">California</a>.</p>
      <a href="#top">Back to top &raquo;</a>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.intro {
  font-size: 1.25em; /* 20px/16px */
  line-height: 160%;
}

 span, .intro {
  font-weight: bold;
  font-style: italic;
}

1 Answer

Ashley Crossland
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Ashley Crossland
Ashley Crossland
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Hi there Reginald.

The rule css rule you have made will be applied to every span element and every class named .intro. This is because of the comma you put after span.

What you should do is first write .intro and then span. So you are selecting the .intro class and then the span element within intro. Give this a go?

.intro span {
  font-weight: bold;
  font-style: italic;
}
Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Hi Ashley Crossland! I took the liberty of changing your comment to an "Answer". This both marks the question as answered in the Community forums and allows for voting and possible selection of "Best Answer" for your answer. Thanks for helping out in the Community! :sparkles:

Taylor Turner
Taylor Turner
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Taylor Turner
Taylor Turner
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I'm having issues with this question as well. But I used that answer after searching for help and still got it wrong. Please help! Here's my code:

.intro span { font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; }