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CSS How to Make a Website Adding Pages to a Website Add Iconography

Kevin Afsari
Kevin Afsari
4,269 Points
Posted by Kevin Afsari
Kevin Afsari
4,269 Points

HELP! None of my IDs or Classes Work!

Hello I've recently come to the conclusion that none of IDs or Classes work in my CSS. I've even deleted old ones that previously work and to no effect. The page still seems the same even after i delete vital CSS. What is going on, is it with Treehouse or my computer? Thank you! Also, I'm very very new, and I have no idea how to properly refer/upload my HTML/CSS. If there's a guide for noobs I'd gladly read it!

2 Answers

Philip Cox
Philip Cox
14,818 Points
Philip Cox
Philip Cox
14,818 Points

Hi Kevin. As Slavik has suggested above, have you checked you have your <link> tag inside the <head>? The link tag refers to your main.css doc. link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"

The path I wrote is presuming you have your index.html inside your main project folder. Your css doc inside a folder named css, also inside your main project folder. This will tell your .html doc that you are referencing an external .css document for your styles.

Another easy mistake to make, is forgetting to place a hash/pound # or a period . before your class or ID name. An ID will have a # before it. And a class will have a period before it. #element { color: white; } .class { color: red; }

Hope this helps you :)

Slavik Ostapenko
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Slavik Ostapenko
Courses Plus Student 12,480 Points
Slavik Ostapenko
Slavik Ostapenko
Courses Plus Student 12,480 Points

You need to make sure that your HTML and CSS are "connected". In your HTML you have to add reference for a stylesheet <LINK href="mysytlesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

If you don't have that in your HTML, it wouldn't know wheather it needs to refere to any stylesheet or not.