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

Raymond Franks
Raymond Franks
180 Points
Posted by Raymond Franks
Raymond Franks
180 Points

How do I set the color of the h1 element

setting the color on an h1 element

index.html 
<style> </style>
    <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
  h1{
    color:{green;
  }

</style> <style>
<h1>Raymond Franks</h1>
  h1{
      color:{blue;
      }
      h1{

2 Answers

Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points
Andrew Stelmach
Andrew Stelmach
12,583 Points

In your index.html file, you should only have the <h1> elements eg:

<h1>Nick Petit</h1>

<h1>Another Name</h1>

Then, you need a separate file - your CSS file - probably called something like main.css. That file will contain your CSS, like :

h1 {
  color: blue
}
Laura White
Laura White
495 Points
Laura White
Laura White
495 Points

Also, once you create the separate css file as discussed above, be sure to add this directly below your title tags if you haven't already:

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/main.css">

Then, save your css file in a file called css that is on the same level as your html document on your computer.