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HTML How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Style the Basic Elements

Posted by Gil Wentzel
Gil Wentzel
22,932 Points

How to remove underlines from CSS

tried

text-decoration:none;

text-declaration:none;

css/main.css 
a <body>{ text-decoration:none;

}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>

    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Creating shapes using repetition.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
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        <p>&copy; 2014 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown
4,428 Points
Aaron Brown
Aaron Brown
4,428 Points

are you trying to select all links nested in the body? if so it should look like:

/* THIS CODE WILL REMOVE THE UNDERLINE FOR ALL NON-VISITED LINKS NESTED IN THE BODY */
body a:link {
    text-decoration: none;
}

/* THE CODE BELOW WILL REMOVE THE UNDERLINE FROM ALL LINKS THAT ARE IN THE BODY AND HAVE BEEN VISITED */

body a:visited {
    text-decoration: none;
}

EDIT: I did the challenge and it is looking for you to remove the underline from all links. the correct code is:

a {
    text-decoration: none;
}
Michael Harper
Michael Harper
14,741 Points
Michael Harper
Michael Harper
14,741 Points

text-decoration: none; is the correct CSS. Does it work if the CSS rule is just: a { text-decoration:none; }

If not, there may be another rule in one of the external CSS files with higher specificity, eg:
nav ul li a { text-decoration: underline;} would win in the nav bar, since it's more specific to that group of a tags that the more general rule: a { text-decoration:none; }

The Code Inspector in trhe Chrome browser can be helpful sorting these issues out, let's you drill down, see what CSS class is in effect on a particular element.

Gil Wentzel
Gil Wentzel
22,932 Points
Gil Wentzel
Gil Wentzel
22,932 Points

Thank you!