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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Test: Styling by Element and Class

Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown
9,992 Points
Posted by Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown
9,992 Points

Why isn't the CSS recognizing that I am writing solid and red in it?

Trying to add a border that is4px wide, solid and red. It recognizes that it is 4px wide but not solid or red. Please help?

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

    <p class="main-pg">My amazing website</p>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.main-pg {
border= 4px solid red;
}
Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown
9,992 Points
Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown
9,992 Points

Thank you all for the help!

3 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,971 Points

Instead of = use a colon

border= 4px solid red;

should be

border: 4px solid red;
Dallin Rodgers
seal-mask
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Dallin Rodgers
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 13,885 Points
Dallin Rodgers
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Dallin Rodgers
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 13,885 Points

Hello Aaron Brown,

You are super close on this one. You will want to change the '=' to a ':'. The code should look like this border: 4px solid red;

Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points
Alexander Davison
Alexander Davison
65,469 Points

It seems that you used a = instead of a :

CSS is picky!