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

Posted by Christina Monaco
Christina Monaco
357 Points

I need help giving the paragraph a border

I forget how to add a rule within a class.

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 
.main-pg {
 border-style= solid;
 border-width= 4px;
 border-color= red;}

2 Answers

Jack Weldon
Jack Weldon
1,708 Points
Jack Weldon
Jack Weldon
1,708 Points

Hi, where you have used an "=" sign to define the border attributes you should instead use ":". It should then read correctly and you'll have a snazzy border.

Kyle Hartigan
Kyle Hartigan
16,967 Points
Kyle Hartigan
Kyle Hartigan
16,967 Points

Hi Christina,

Your CSS is incorrect. It should be as below:

.main-pg {
border: 4px solid red;
}