Welcome to the Treehouse Community

Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.

Looking to learn something new?

Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.

Start your free trial

CSS How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Use ID Selectors

Posted by Brian Treptow
Brian Treptow
3,519 Points

Workspace Issue?

Hello,

I do believe that this is a workspace problem because many people are having the exact same issue with this specific step. In my case, nothing in my main.css file will change my webpage, but my normalize.css file still functions the way it should.

In addition, I have deleted the style tags from the previous instruction video but my nav elements are still showing up orange, even though I've saved it without them.

I actually deleted whole elements, such as the <h1> or <p> tags, saved the file, and still nothing on the preview has changed.

It's as if my webpage is frozen in its current state.

1 Answer

Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points
Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points

On your keyboard (assuming windows), press ctrl+f5 a couple of times while on your webpage. This is referred to as a hard refresh, and usually helps with things like this. It's typically the browser caching things in memory rather than redownloading the files over and over.

Mac: Command + Shift + R

Brian Treptow
Brian Treptow
3,519 Points

Thank you, this worked immediately. I had tried just using the refresh button in Chrome with no luck.

Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points
Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points

Good, I'm glad it worked :-). The browsers try hard to be the fastest, so they use lots of tactics like caching which is great for users, but can cause confusion when developing.

Paul Girard
Paul Girard
552 Points

Thanks!! Exactly the same problem & it works now after an hour of wondering what was wrong?!!

Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points
Kris Phelps
Kris Phelps
7,609 Points

Awesome Paul! Glad my answer was able to help you too :-).