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CSS How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Style the Basic Elements

Posted by mandykuhr
mandykuhr
494 Points

In this exercise my css/main.css is coming up blank. I'm not sure if this is part of the exercise or my own error?

I apologize as I feel dumb for asking, but I'm not sure if I should be able to see the css code or if this page should be appearing blank (it just shows line 1). I can see Nick's page when I click Preview. Any help/clarification is much appreciated, thank you!

3 Answers

Aisha Blake
STAFF
Aisha Blake
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Aisha Blake
Aisha Blake
Treehouse Guest Teacher

It's part of the exercise. There's no CSS being applied to the elements you see on the preview besides what the browser does automatically. The first task is to select all the links and remove their underlines, so you should just write CSS that does that.

Isaac Asante
Isaac Asante
4,752 Points
Isaac Asante
Isaac Asante
4,752 Points

Aisha is right. That's how the exercise works. So you need to start writing your own CSS. The preview helps you verify if you are doing the right thing as well. So, the first task is asking you to write this:

a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

Then follow the next instructions to write the rest of your CSS to complete the exercise.

mandykuhr
mandykuhr
494 Points
mandykuhr
mandykuhr
494 Points

Ah I see! That makes sense. Thank you so much, guys! I'll give it a shot now.