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CSS How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Use Classes in CSS

Posted by michela parrillo
michela parrillo
416 Points

I cannot use classes in CSS I cannot change color when I tab nav a it dosn't change nothing..

this is what I tab a{ color:#6ab46b; }

header{ background:#6ab46b; border-color:#599a68; }

h1, h2{ color:#fff; }

nav{ background: #599a68; }

nav a, nav a: visited; { color:#fff; }

nav a.selected, nav a: hover{ color: #32693f; }

but does not change the color..

3 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Michela,

You have spaces after the colon's in your pseudo classes. nav a: visited and nav a: hover

Should be nav a:visited and nav a:hover

michela parrillo
michela parrillo
416 Points

thanks jason

Michael Caveney
Michael Caveney
50,144 Points
Michael Caveney
Michael Caveney
50,144 Points

Take another look at your code. Is there a conflict in there? Perhaps between the nav:a visited and something else?

michela parrillo
michela parrillo
416 Points

thanks michael

Will Mason
Will Mason
1,635 Points

I'm having the same issue, but don't really see what the problem is. Can you please elaborate further?

Michael Caveney
Michael Caveney
50,144 Points
Michael Caveney
Michael Caveney
50,144 Points

Will, which issue specifically, the lack of color change? Could you paste an example of your code here?

Will Mason
Will Mason
1,635 Points

I actually fixed it, for some reason it was just loading a cached version of the preview

michela parrillo
michela parrillo
416 Points

mine was a problem of space between nav a:hover