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

Patrick Ludwig
Patrick Ludwig
2,462 Points

I can't add normalize.css to my file tree

I have tried to drag the file normalize.css from the zipped folder to the "black area" and have not been able to do so. Does anyone know why this might not be working?

3 Answers

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Hi Patrick,

Open the Normalize.css file then copy all the code.
open a new file in workspaces and name it normalize.css then past the code you copied into it and save it.

Hope this helps.

Patrick Ludwig
Patrick Ludwig
2,462 Points

When I do file to upload nothing happens. Literally nothing. I have also tried opening new files I have created and am not able to open up the new css folder I have created, and therefore I cannot copy and paste the code from normalize css into a file. I have unzipped the file.

James White
James White
228 Points

Your tip worked. I had the same issue, and noticed when I downloaded the normalize file it did not include a .css at the end of the file name. When I copied its contents into another file it ran fine.

However, when I ran the file through my workspace I was a little confused. The file reformatted the text and took away the bullets in the header section, but did not take away the bullets next to the pictures. I know from reading other Q&A that there are different versions of the normalize.css file. Would this be a reason why bullet points still show next to my images?

Janise Bradford
Janise Bradford
5,664 Points

You might consider trying out notepad ++. I was having a few issues with workspaces and started using notepad++ and I haven't had any problems with it. It's very easy to use, and I just love it.

If you're interested you can download it here:

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v6.6.9.html

+1 for notepad++. I just extracted the files from the site, opened them in notebook++, then created a file in the workspace called "normalize.css" and copied the code from notepad++ into the workspace file.

Moises Miguel
Moises Miguel
5,028 Points

Hi, all you need to do is drag it to your desktop first(to Unzip the file) and then drag it to your workspace.