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HTML How to Make a Website Beginning HTML and CSS Write a CSS Selector and Property

Posted by Meghan Edmondson
Meghan Edmondson
46 Points

Cant change the h1 line color

<style> h1 { color: green: }

</style>

<h1>Nick pettit</h1>

please explain what im doing wrong

index.html 
<style>h1 {

h1  color: green:}</style><h1>Nick Pettit</h1>

3 Answers

Christian Andersson
Christian Andersson
8,712 Points
Christian Andersson
Christian Andersson
8,712 Points

You are referencing the h1 element twice, which is probably the reason it doesn't work. Here's how to do it:

<style>
  h1 {
    color: green;
  }
</style>

<h1>Nick Petitt</h1>
Meghan Edmondson
Meghan Edmondson
46 Points

<style> h1 { color: green: } </style> <h1> Nick Petitt </h1>

Meghan Edmondson
Meghan Edmondson
46 Points
Meghan Edmondson
Meghan Edmondson
46 Points

ugh this is so stupid im typing the code in exactly as you did everytime i push enter the above comment only shows ??? what is that !!!

Christian Andersson
Christian Andersson
8,712 Points

Meghan, this is the forums. You post topics and replies here. The coding is done on the actual course page. https://teamtreehouse.com/library/how-to-make-a-website/beginning-html-and-css/write-a-css-selector-and-property

Mochammad Rezza
Mochammad Rezza
4,778 Points
Mochammad Rezza
Mochammad Rezza
4,778 Points

Hii Meghan Edmondson,<br> your code is false .<br>

<code>h1 { color: green: }</code> don't use colons after the green color, but use semicolons.<br>

the right code is <code>h1 { color: green; }</code>