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john herron
2,485 Pointshello im stuck on the web design track. Im trying to change the background color of web page through css
I've looked through the code many times and it looks right but it won't work I'm totally lost
3 Answers
Justin Hunter
Courses Plus Student 11,484 PointsMake sure you have your stylesheet loaded properly in your index.html document. I constantly forget to go and link up my stylesheet, or I will do it but mistype something.
Connor Hamilton
5,023 PointsCan you copy and paste your CSS code?
Should be as simple as:
body { background-color: red; }
Justin Hunter
Courses Plus Student 11,484 PointsMaybe it's because I'm looking at this on my phone, but I don't see anything. I'll check back on a computer in a bit.
Justin Hunter
Courses Plus Student 11,484 Pointsjohn herron did you figure this out?
john herron
2,485 Pointsyea i got it working finally funny thing is i didn't change anything from before code wise and now its working all of the sudden, thanks for the follow up
john herron
2,485 Pointsjohn herron
2,485 Points<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
this is how i have it linked in my index.html document, does it look right?