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H Wishnia
12,253 Pointsbackground-color in css
When I start my main css, I attempt to change the background-color like the video but mine doesn't change. Everything is correct until that very first step in main css. Any ideas?
6 Answers
Ste Royle
9,538 PointsCan you show the code you have so far?
Check you have a file called main.css inside your css folder
Check that your main.css is being linked correctly in your index.html file
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
Check you have the following in your main.css file
body {
background-color: orange;
}
H Wishnia
12,253 PointsI definitely have main css in my css folder. here is my code for index.html if have linking it. <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Heather Wish | Designer</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link rel="styleheet" href="css/main.css">
here is my main.css code
body { background-color: orange; } I checked again and redid and still not changing background. Since I put out this question I just continued on and now my logo wont center. Ive had no problems until these and double checked my typing and don't know whats up.
Adama Sy
7,076 Pointsdepending of the computer i used sometimes you simply don't need css/, you just put main.css and it works. or try to do some work and save again, make sur to delete any duplicate of the same css. i had that probleme where i was thinkiing , the right one was open while i was opening the old one and getting angry at nothing
H Wishnia
12,253 Pointsthanks :)
Ste Royle
9,538 PointsDo you only have the code below in your .index.html file?
<!DOCTYPE html> Heather Wish | Designer
If so there is no body tag which is why the styling can't be applied. Try adding the below code to your index.html file to test the styling is being applied correctly:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Heather Wish | Designer</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
</head>
<body>
<p>Page content</p>
</body>
</html>
H Wishnia
12,253 Pointsgot it to work. I don't really know how. I took a break from it and came back and started fresh from the beginning and everything worked and my portfolio, about and contact pages look just like they are supposed too.
Nathalie Bernal Martinez
Courses Plus Student 288 PointsI have the same problem, can you help me! Here is my code, I really dont see where the error is...
<!DOCTYPE_HTML>
<HTML>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title> MOTORES DEL JAPON </title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="CSS/normalize.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="CCS/main.css">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1>Motores del Japón</h1>
<h3>Panamá</h3>
</header>
<nav>
<UL>
<LI>NOSOTROS</LI>
<LI>MARCAS</LI>
<LI>CONTACTENOS</LI>
</UL>
</nav>
</body>
<footer>
<p>© 2014 NathyBWeb.</p>
</footer>
</HTML>
H Wishnia
12,253 PointsNathalie I don't even know what I did that corrected it. I took a break from it for a day, because I was so frustrated with it trying over and over. I watched the videos over and over following along with exactly what I did. I finally came back to it and asked my husband what I might be doing wrong. He went into settings and clicked so that my computer was refreshing my page every time I toggled back and forth. he said it was different from just refreshing my work. I reopened my workspace and the webpage I was working on had all the proper colors. I don't know if this will help but luckily for me it did.