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

Posted by Charles Crowder
Charles Crowder
748 Points

How do I write a styles.css rule

.main-pg

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

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

The basic structure of a CSS rule looks like this:

selector {
    property-name: value;
    /* repeat as needed */
}
Charles Crowder
Charles Crowder
748 Points

Thank you.

Charles Crowder
Charles Crowder
748 Points
Charles Crowder
Charles Crowder
748 Points

.main-pg{}

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

Put that in the styles.css tab and it should get you past task 2.

For task 3, you'll need to add a property name and value. In this particular case, it will be a special shorthand property and it will have multiple values.

Charles Crowder
Charles Crowder
748 Points
Charles Crowder
Charles Crowder
748 Points

.main-pg { 4px red solid }

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
230,995 Points

Take another look at the structure example. The lines inside the rule should have a property name, then a colon, then the values(s), then a semicolon. You've added the values but you still need all the rest.