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HTML How to Make a Website Creating HTML Content Include External CSS

Robert Moss
Robert Moss
1,797 Points
Posted by Robert Moss
Robert Moss
1,797 Points

How to upload the normalize.css file

I downloaded "normalize.css" from the the Resources section bellow but I can't get it to work in the workspace. I have a Windows 7 computer. When I go to downloads then drag "normalize.css" into the workspace it comes up as "normalize.css.zip" and the text is not as it appears on the lesson video. Then I went into the file and tried dragging another file inside of it also called "normalize.css" it wouldn't upload, it would just be constantly loading. Finally I went into this file and just copied and pasted the contents because they appeared the same as in the lesson video but when I look at the web view the bullet points are still there which the guy said shouldn't be there anymore! Any help would be appreciated, thank you.

2 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Double check, Normalize.css does not remove bullet points. Actually, you shouldn't hardly notice any change in your website appearance with normalize.css. It just smooths out some browser default inconsistencies. It's not opinionated enough to do things like remove bullet points on it's own.

reset.css should remove bullet points however.

Robert Moss
Robert Moss
1,797 Points
Robert Moss
Robert Moss
1,797 Points

Yes I checked again and the guy giving the lesson did say reset.css removes the bullet points. But how come in his web view there were no bullet points and mine was when I was doing the same thing?

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Difference of versions. If you download the source code, Nick was using V1 of normalize, while currently we are on V3. V1 did remove bullet points on lists inside of a nav element. V3 doesn't have that CSS rule anymore.

It's this rule on line 316 of V1 throwing you off

nav ul,
nav ol {
    list-style: none;
    list-style-image: none;
}
Robert Moss
Robert Moss
1,797 Points
Robert Moss
Robert Moss
1,797 Points

Ohhh okay that makes sense. Thanks for your help!

john larson
john larson
16,594 Points
john larson
john larson
16,594 Points

You can also download normalize.css from google, (i like to save things on my desktop to find them easier), right click 'copy' and then 'paste 'it into a new file in workspaces.