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

jamie Macdiarmid
jamie Macdiarmid
2,048 Points
Posted by jamie Macdiarmid
jamie Macdiarmid
2,048 Points

Stuck

Is this not right?

index.html 
<style>
  h1 {
    color: green:

  }


</style>
<h1>Nick Pettit</h1>

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

Yes Paul is right the colon at the end of your value is messing up the style. All values are terminted with a semi colon rather than a colon.

h1 {
    color: green;

  }
paulbacon
paulbacon
21,926 Points

Thanks Jonathan, no idea why I added it as a comment rather than an answer - I blame Monday! :)

paulbacon
paulbacon
21,926 Points
paulbacon
paulbacon
21,926 Points

You have a colon rather than a semi-colon at the end.