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

Posted by Abdul Khader
Abdul Khader
652 Points

whats wrong in this code

<style>

h1

{ color:blue; } </style> <body> <h1>Hello there</h1> </body>

3 Answers

Mathieu Delporte
Mathieu Delporte
8,097 Points
Mathieu Delporte
Mathieu Delporte
8,097 Points

I'm guessing you need to do it this way in your CSS:

h1 {color: blue;}

and then declare this in your HTML:

<h1>Hello there</h1>

Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points
Gloria Dwomoh
Gloria Dwomoh
13,116 Points

Yes as said above the "Hello there" has to be in the HTML body.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<head>
  <!--Add whatever you want here-->
</head>

<body>
  <h1>Hello there</h1>
</body>

</html>
Gerard Weppler
Gerard Weppler
4,357 Points
Gerard Weppler
Gerard Weppler
4,357 Points

It is not best practice but you can use inline font color change. Should only be used temp or for testing.

see below:

<!DOCTYPE html> <html>

<head> <style> body {background-color:lightgray} h1 {color:blue} p {color:green} </style> </head>

<body> <h1>This is a heading</h1> <p>This is a paragraph.</p> </body>

</html>