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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Adding a Style to several Elements using Class

Posted by Mariana Grohowski
Mariana Grohowski
2,390 Points

in the CSS file, use the class to give both <a> tags 15px of padding and 10px of margin

in the CSS file, use the class to give both <a> tags 15px of padding and 10px of margin

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

    <a href="#" class="social-links">Follow me on Twitter!</a>
    <a href="#" class="social-links">Send me an Email!</a>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.social-links {
padding= 15px;
margin= 10px;
}

2 Answers

andren
andren
28,558 Points
andren
andren
28,558 Points

In CSS you use a colon to separate properties and values, not the = operator.

Like this:

.social-links {
  padding: 15px;
  margin: 10px;
}
Udida Roland
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Udida Roland
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Udida Roland
Udida Roland
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Display the <a> tag as block element then add your CSS rule. as andren earlier said you use a colon to separate properties and values not the = operator