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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Adding a Style to several Elements using Class

Dylan Gifford
Dylan Gifford
2,014 Points
Posted by Dylan Gifford
Dylan Gifford
2,014 Points

What does it mean by create a rule?

It is asking me to create a rule for a class element

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>List Example</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
  </head>
  <body>

    <a class="social-links" href="#">Follow me on Twitter!</a>
    <a class="social-links" href="#">Send me an Email!</a>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.social-link

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

A "rule" in CSS consists of a selector and a declaration block: The selector points to the HTML element(s) you want to style. The declaration block contains one or more declarations separated by semicolons. Each declaration includes a CSS property name and a value, separated by a colon.

selector {
    property: value;
    /* optionally more properties and values */
}

The code shown in styles.css appears to the be the selector portion of an unfinished rule. It selects items that have a class of "social-link".