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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS Test: Changing the Look of a Web Page

Posted by nhlanhla mkhonza
nhlanhla mkhonza
208 Points

Do i change it using css ?

h1 {

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

    <h1>Welcome to My Web Page!<h1>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
h1 { 
  background-color; purple;
}

1 Answer

Jacob Herrington
Jacob Herrington
15,835 Points
Jacob Herrington
Jacob Herrington
15,835 Points

Hi Nhlanhla, you're really close on this -- there is a small syntax error you have in your CSS.

h1 { 
  background-color: purple;
}

In CSS declarations, we separate the property and the value using a ":" symbol.

Teamtreehouse has an excellent blog post giving an introduction to CSS -- it discusses this!