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936 Pointscss Background color change. when I apply the background color to the "nav" element nothing happens.
When I apply the background color to the "nav" element nothing happens. Did I miss something?
John Burkhard
16,314 PointsWould need to see your CSS rule to help.
Ryan Graham
936 Points<head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Ryan Graham | Designer</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <style> {color:white; {background-color:orange;} </style>
2 Answers
John Burkhard
16,314 PointsOkay there are a couple things you need to fix. First you're using an internal style sheet without targeting an element to style (like nav or body). I recommend creating a new style sheet and linking to it externally and editing all of your site styles inside of that. If you insist on using the internal style sheet, you'll need to reference your targeted element before adding the css rule.
Something like this:
<style>
nav {
color: white;
background-color: orange;
}
</style>
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 PointsRyan,
Check out the CSS Ruleset section on the Mozilla Developers Network. You've defined the rule, but you're missing the selector. In this case, nav
.
Happy coding!
-Rich
Rich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 PointsRich Donnellan
Treehouse Moderator 27,696 PointsProbably. Post your code so we can better help you.