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Jenny Marchal
1,486 Pointsnormalize.css file does not download as a file
When I download the normalize.css file it downloads as a web page on safari not a file. When I save it to my desktop and drag it to my workspace it shows up but no information comes up when I click on it? Why is it not downloading as a file?
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 PointsPlease tell us the operating system you are working on and the exact steps you are taking to download the files.
tedfoss
2,065 PointsI don't know why it doesn't download as a css file in Safari, but I can give you a few answers for how to deal with the problem:
After saving to your desktop, change the file extension from .webarchive to .css. You may then have to delete a bit of gobbledygook on the very top line before it works.
Instead of saving to your desktop, copy and paste the code into a new css file you create in your editor/workspace
I think the best thing to do is to use a different browser. Chrome, for instance, will definitely give you a clean css file when you save to your desktop.
3 Answers
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsWhat I do/did when it opens a new web page is cntl+a than cntl+c, cntl+n, cntl+v, which basically just copy and pastes the entire file into a new one on my system. I just name that file normalize.css
Kern Tallett
10,012 PointsIn Safari, right click(two finger click or CTRL-click on mac) on the download button and click save linked files to download. This will download the normalize.css
Jenny Marchal
1,486 PointsKevin, I did that and it worked so thank you :) And thank you to everyone who responded much appreciated!
Kevin Korte
28,149 PointsYou're welcome, you may stumble across that "download" style once in a while, and I always find it fastest to just copy an paste the code into an empty file on my computer.
Henrik Rasmussen
Courses Plus Student 4,609 PointsHenrik Rasmussen
Courses Plus Student 4,609 Pointshave you done as instructed? are you mac or windows? i work on mac and no problem here