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

Posted by Melissa Kasper
Melissa Kasper
300 Points

We didn't learn anything about <body> and then when we got to the challenge, it said to use <body>?

I don't know what the <body> was for because we didn't learn about that. It would be helpful to tell us about it before it asks us to use it. I had all the code correct but didn't have <body> as I didn't know that was needed or what it is and does.

index.html 
<body>
  <style>
    h1 {color:blue;}
  </style>
    <h1>Melissa Kasper</h1>
</body>

2 Answers

Ryan Field
PLUS
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points
Ryan Field
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

The body tag is part of the basic html document structure, and is required to be valid html. Browsers will attempt to display content that is improperly formatted, however. In any case, all html documents will have this basic structure:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
 <head>
  (Your head tags, including links to style sheets and meta tags)
 </head>
 <body>

  (The rest of your content)

 </body>
</html>
Melissa Kasper
Melissa Kasper
300 Points
Melissa Kasper
Melissa Kasper
300 Points

Thank you. I was more confused why they didn't explain it before we were asked to use it. I thought they could look at this, sorry!