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

Posted by John Wayne
John Wayne
200 Points

"don't forget your style tag" It's there! Please explain?

<style> h1{ color: green; } </style> <body> <h1>Mr John Wayne</h1> </body>

So where's the problem? Looks fine in "Preview"

5 Answers

Ryno Botha
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Ryno Botha
Courses Plus Student 4,055 Points
Ryno Botha
Ryno Botha
Courses Plus Student 4,055 Points

Make Sure it looks like this:

<body>
    <style>h1{color: green;}</style>
    <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
</body>
John Wayne
John Wayne
200 Points
John Wayne
John Wayne
200 Points

Thanks for the advice, but no where in this introduction to HTML & CSS does if suggest the code needs to be on the same lines. Only stresses the order and just add to the existing lines as it builds up along the tutorial. Where is this mentioned? It still renders fine in the preview. How come there tutorial doesn't offer some advice, instead of just giving frustrating "BUMMER" comments with no assistance o move on?

Ryno Botha
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Ryno Botha
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Ryno Botha
Ryno Botha
Courses Plus Student 4,055 Points

Haha yeah understand what you mean by that xD

And doesn't have to be on the same line ^^ you can also have written it like:

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

Also it shouldn't matter, White Space is ignored ^^ So don't have to be in one line~ It is just that they asked you to write it above the <h1> tag, and usually just easier to write it in one like (like I did) when your only using one element. (Less Space Used)

Also (when not asked to do with a Style Tag) you can use this:

<h1 style="color: green;">Nick Pettit</h1>
John Wayne
John Wayne
200 Points
John Wayne
John Wayne
200 Points

Just moved on to the next section, Again have everything previewing right, but still getting BUMMER comment?

This one says: BUMMER, make sure you define the HTML Doctype tag. Do I have to use the "instructors" name to get the OK?

<DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>John Wayne Design : Design Consultant</title> </head> <body> <header> <h1>John Wayne Design</h1> <h2>Designer</h2> </header> <section> <p> Gallery will go here.</p> </section> <footer> <p>Ā© John Wayne Design 2014</p> </footer>
</body> </html>

Thomas Jones
Thomas Jones
1,951 Points
Thomas Jones
Thomas Jones
1,951 Points

The HTML Doctype tag will go at the beginning of your document and will look something like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>