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CSS How to Make a Website Beginning HTML and CSS Write a CSS Selector and Property

Ayomide Gidado
Ayomide Gidado
772 Points
Posted by Ayomide Gidado
Ayomide Gidado
772 Points

Hi challenge 1 of 3 is not working, I have tried everything!

I copied the code in the video, then I tried this. Even the preview shows the text is blue! I have done it so it might be a bug.

index.html 
<body>
  <style>

    <h1>
    </style>
    Nick Pettit</h1>

</body>
Micheal Moorman
Micheal Moorman
1,534 Points

Your problem is that you have the <h1> tag between your two style tags. At this point in the challenge there shouldn't be anything between the opening style tag and the closing tag. Also your <h1> tag needs to be in front on the same line as your </h1> tag. Finally for the sake of clarity you'll want your two style tags to line up on the same column. Hope that helps. Post if you have more questions.

3 Answers

Dan Oswalt
Dan Oswalt
23,438 Points
Dan Oswalt
Dan Oswalt
23,438 Points

It wants the style element above the h1. This means both the opening and closing tags go above:

<body>
  <style>
 </style>
    <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>

</body>
Byron Stine
Byron Stine
4,877 Points
Byron Stine
Byron Stine
4,877 Points

Looking at your initial code, the <style> tag isn't nested properly. The style tags should generally be placed in the <head>...</head> section of your HTML page. Also, I'm not sure what color the text should be in this challenge, but whatever color you want the text to be, you can declare that in your <style>..</style> section. For example, if you wanted the h1 color to appear orange, your code would look like this:

<head> <pre> <style> h1 { color: orange; } </style> </pre> </head>

<body> <br> <pre> <h1>Nick Pettit</h1> </pre> </body> <br> I hope this helps. Good luck with your HTML course!

Ayomide Gidado
Ayomide Gidado
772 Points
Ayomide Gidado
Ayomide Gidado
772 Points

Thanks guys, sorry I jumped the gun a bit. I figured it out. I managed to get it right eventually. I tried to enter all the code at once, but I figured it broke it down into 3 parts. Anyway I am enjoying the hands-on experience so far! I'll let you know if I get stuck again. Cheers.