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

Posted by Sonali Kumar
Sonali Kumar
154 Points

unable to put a green tag

Please help

index.html 
<style>
{
  <h>{
    color:green;
  </h1>
  }  

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

3 Answers

Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points
Seth Reece
Seth Reece
32,867 Points

In your style tag you don't need opening and closing html tags. You just want the an element, class, or id. e.g.

<style>
  h1 {
    color: green;
  }
</style>
Michael Afanasiev
PLUS
Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 Points
Michael Afanasiev
Michael Afanasiev
Courses Plus Student 15,596 Points

Hi Sonali,

There is no need to target the h1 with HTML tags when writing CSS.

The code should be as seen below:

<style>

h1 {
  color: green;

}

</style>
<h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
Shaun Moore
Shaun Moore
6,301 Points
Shaun Moore
Shaun Moore
6,301 Points

If you are trying to run 'inline css' try this:

<h1 style="color=green">
My Awesome heading!
</h1>