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

Posted by Buschra Okal
Buschra Okal
714 Points

how can i add a class

how can i add a class to a paragraph

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

    <p>My amazing website</p>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css

2 Answers

Eusebiu Gagea
Eusebiu Gagea
14,127 Points
Eusebiu Gagea
Eusebiu Gagea
14,127 Points 
<p class="myClass">My amazing website</p>

and in style.css you'll have

.myClass {
  property: value;
  ...
}
Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points
Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points

I've edited your answer a bit to add code formatting. Be sure to check out the Markdown Cheatsheet below the text editor for more information.

Kenan Allan
Kenan Allan
4,016 Points
Kenan Allan
Kenan Allan
4,016 Points

So in your HTML you can include the following code:

           <body>
            <p class="YourClass">My amazing website</p>
           </body>

and as a bonus you can target it by simply using this CSS in relation to your class name

        .YouClass {
             property: value;
         }