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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Media Queries

Posted by Darius Perona
Darius Perona
5,368 Points

Code not working

Says the h1 tag's font size is not set

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
@media (max-width: 1020px) {
  .main-header {
    background-color: tomato;
    color: white;
  }
}

@media (max-width: 768px) {
  .title {
    font-size: 1.4rem;
  }  
  .h1 {
    font-size: 5rem;
  }
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1 class="main-heading">Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>

        <div class="primary-content">
            <p class="intro">
                Lake Tahoe is one of the most breathtaking attractions located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
            </p>
            <a class="callout" href="#more">Find out more</a>
        </div><!-- End .primary-content -->
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Ryan Dudley
Ryan Dudley
Treehouse Project Reviewer
Ryan Dudley
Ryan Dudley
Treehouse Project Reviewer

I think the problem here is that you are using a class selector instead of selecting the html tag itself. To clarify, .h1 is saying to the browser that you want to select the class named h1, not select the h1 element itself, since you are using the . before the selector.

Simply remove the period before the selector, so something like this:

h1 {
  stuff here
}

Only use periods before selecting a specific class, and if you want to just select the element itself, type out the element's name as the selector.

Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points
Sue Dough
Sue Dough
35,800 Points

This is a very common beginner mistake. Try to remember that not everything is a class or an ID. header, footer, p, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 etc generally shouldn't be used as classes or ids.