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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Test: Styling by Element and Class

Posted by Rausha Willis
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Rausha Willis
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 724 Points

how do you create a rule for a css selector

how do you create a css selector for .main-pg

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
  </head>
  <body>

    <p class="main-pg">My amazing website</p>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
{ 
  "class=".main-pg"
}

1 Answer

Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
14,921 Points
Calin Bogdan
Calin Bogdan
14,921 Points

Hi there!

You can create a rule for your class like this: 

.main-pg {
property: value
}

You have to add a period (.) before class name followed by curly braces.

You can find a more technical answer here: Mozilla Developer Network - CSS Selectors

Good luck!