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

Posted by Jack Bordner
Jack Bordner
103 Points

Im not really sure why it is saying that I'm not enclosing the <style> tag

When I write the code <style> the closing </style> tag doesn't pop up and I don't know why. I hope this question makes sense, I have zero experience when it comes to writing code.

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

3 Answers

rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points
rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points

Style tags are used to add CSS into your HTML document. Make sure you're not wrapping any HTML elements inside your style tags. In this case, you need to close your style tag before the h1 element.

<body>
  <style>
    h1 {
      color:blue;
    }
  </style>
  <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
</body>
Pete Cass
Pete Cass
16,656 Points
Pete Cass
Pete Cass
16,656 Points

Hey,

You just need to wrap the style tag around the styling, not the element that you're trying to style. 

<style>
   h1 {  some styling }
</style>
<h1>Nick</h1>

hope this helps.

Krishnendu Banerjee
Krishnendu Banerjee
1,005 Points
Krishnendu Banerjee
Krishnendu Banerjee
1,005 Points

put the whole of the syle tag portion above the h1 elementbut inside the body tag