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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Adding a Style to several Elements using Class

Posted by kilian garland
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kilian garland
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,343 Points

In the CSS file, use the class to give both <a> tags 15px of padding and 10px of margin. .social-links:15px { <a>

Trying to figure out why this is wrong?

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

    <a class="social-links" href="#">Follow me on Twitter!</a>
    <a class="social-links" href="#">Send me an Email!</a>


  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.social-links:15px {

<a> padding:15px;
<a> margin:10px;
}

2 Answers

Mark Sebeck
MOD
Mark Sebeck
Treehouse Moderator 37,905 Points
Mark Sebeck
Mark Sebeck
Treehouse Moderator 37,905 Points

You just need the class name to target the elements with class of social-links.

So .social-links { Without the 15px

You also don’t need the <a> in the css.

kilian garland
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
kilian garland
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,343 Points

Thank you

Scott Bailey
Scott Bailey
13,190 Points
Scott Bailey
Scott Bailey
13,190 Points

When he says the <a> tags, he doesn't mean you have to select them - remember you alredy added a class to these tags.

As you've already made a class selector (.social-links) all you have to do is add the styling inside and it will be used on the <a> tags.

.social-links {
  padding: 15px;
  margin: 10px;
}

I hope this helps

kilian garland
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kilian garland
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 2,343 Points

Thank you