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

Posted by Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams
920 Points

Issue linking my normalize.css file to my webpage. Followed steps in, "Include External CSS", video but it's not right.

Hi there. So I followed the steps in Nick P's "Include External CSS", video in the "How to Make a Website track". I linked the "Normalize.css file to my webpage but, My name, title and the Portfolio link, did not turn to blue as Nick's did on his webpage. Also, there are bullets next to all my pictures. Here is the adress. https://teamtreehouse.com/workspaces/7258272#

Thanks for your help I hope this question makes sense :)

Michelle

Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams
920 Points

Oops! I meant in the Front End Web Development Track. Not the How to make a website track. Sorry! Here is the code. Hoping you meant to post it here.

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Michelle Williams | Designer</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html"> <h1>Michelle Williams</h1> <h2>Designer</h2> </a> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contct</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header> <section> <ul> <li> <a href="img/Columbia River Gorge.bmp"> <img src="img/Columbia River Gorge.bmp" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with my Nikon D3000.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/Moon Halo 3.JPG"> <img src="img/Moon Halo 3.JPG" alt=""> <p>Moon Halo.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/Photo Class 2.jpg"> <img src="img/Photo Class 2.jpg" alt=""> <p>Adventures in Beginners Photography.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/Sculpture in Portland 2.jpg"> <img src="img/Sculpture in Portland 2.jpg" alt=""> <p>Sculpture in Portland.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/Weidler Rose 2.JPG"> <img src="img/Weidler Rose 2.JPG" alt=""> <p>Weidler Rose .</p> </a> </li> </ul> </section> <footer> <a href="http://twitter.com/Yasmini5"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a> <a href="http://facebook.com/Michelle.M.Williams2012"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a> <p>© 2015 Michelle Williams.</p> </footer> </body> </html>

joewode
joewode
13,803 Points

I get a page not found error when i try to look at your link. Could you post your code here so I can take a look?

Scott Evans
Scott Evans
4,236 Points
Scott Evans
Scott Evans
4,236 Points

I also get the Error

Niclas Valentiner
Niclas Valentiner
8,947 Points
Niclas Valentiner
Niclas Valentiner
8,947 Points

Same error as the others.

You could also use the Markdown Cheatsheet and copy paste your code in here. Might be easier for people to spot your problem that way.

3 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

I'm almost certain that in the video Nick is using Version 1 of normalize.css which was much more opinionated. I know it removed bullet points from list items, and it probably did change link colors to blue. You however probably are using the must current version today, which would be Version 3, which does not make those changes. I bet if you inspected your HTML you'd see that normalize did load up.

Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams
920 Points

Thank you Kevin. So does that mean I should not worry about it and move on?

Best

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Likely yes. If you know how to use your developer tools, you can view the source code and check that normalize did indeed get pulled in correctly. Do you know how to do that?

Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams
920 Points
Michelle Williams
Michelle Williams
920 Points

Ok, here is my code. Thank you for your help

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">    
    <title>Michelle Williams | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html">
        <h1>Michelle Williams</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contct</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <section>
       <ul>
         <li>
           <a href="img/Columbia River Gorge.bmp">
            <img src="img/Columbia River Gorge.bmp" alt="">
            <p>Experimentation with my Nikon D3000.</p>
           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="img/Moon Halo 3.JPG">
            <img src="img/Moon Halo 3.JPG" alt="">
            <p>Moon Halo.</p>
           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="img/Photo Class 2.jpg">
            <img src="img/Photo Class 2.jpg" alt="">
            <p>Adventures in Beginners Photography.</p>
           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="img/Sculpture in Portland 2.jpg">
            <img src="img/Sculpture in Portland 2.jpg" alt="">
            <p>Sculpture in Portland.</p>
           </a>
         </li>
         <li>
           <a href="img/Weidler Rose 2.JPG">
            <img src="img/Weidler Rose 2.JPG" alt="">
            <p>Weidler Rose .</p>
           </a>
         </li>
      </ul>
    </section>
    <footer>
      <a href="http://twitter.com/Yasmini5"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
      <a href="http://facebook.com/Michelle.M.Williams2012"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a>
      <p>&copy; 2015 Michelle Williams.</p>
    </footer> 
  </body>
</html>
Alessandro Giordo
Alessandro Giordo
2,065 Points
Alessandro Giordo
Alessandro Giordo
2,065 Points

Hi everyone, I did inspect element and my normalize and main.css are not loading it gives 404 error. They are in my workspace and i've written correctly and also tried using the given index.html so no errors there.

```<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Nunziella</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> </head>

<body>

<header>

  <a href="index.html" id="logo">
    <h1>Nunziella Salluce</h1>
    <h2>Designer</h2>
  </a>

  <nav>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="index.hrml" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
      <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
      <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>
  </nav>

</header>

<div id="wrapper"> <section> <ul> <li> <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture</p> </a> </li> </ul> </section> </div> <footer> <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a> <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a> <p>© 2014 Nunziella</p> </footer> </body> </html> ```