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CSS How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Use ID Selectors

I cannot get the background color to change on my main.css file using safari or chrome.

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>MaddSketcher Design | Let's Design Fun!</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html"> <h1> MaddSketcher Design</h1> <h2> Lisa Dorn</h2> </a> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header>
<section> <ul> <li> <a href="img/check.png"> <img src="img/check.png" alt=""> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/logo.png"> <img src="img/logo.png" alt=""> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/tag.png"> <img src="img/tag.png" alt=""> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/rule.png"> <img src="img/rule.png" alt=""> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/fun.png"> <img src="img/fun.png" alt=""> </a> </li>
</ul> </section> <footer> <a href="https://www.behance.net/LisaDorn"><img src="img/portfolio.png" alt="portfolio icon"></a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/Lisa-Dorn/a4/128/886"><img src="img/resume.png" alt="resume icon"></a> <a href="img/email.png"> <img src="img/email.png" alt=""></a> <p>maddsketcher@mac.com</p> <p>© 2015 Lisa Dorn.</p> </footer> </body> </html>

Here's the main.css code

body{ background-color: orange; }

The main.css file is in the CSS folder.

8 Answers

I don't see any Body tags in your html

I still don't understand. From what I see, my code looks just like the code on video. Can you please elaborate a little? Thanks for your help!

Your CSS is targeting an html tag that doesn't exist in your markup.

Try adding a body opening tag right before header and closing the body tag after your footer

Ah...okay...thanks. I will check that out.

Andrew - it's really strange, coz the file coding on my workspace has this body tag, but it doesn't show up on the copy and paste I posted of my coding.

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>MaddSketcher Design | Let's Design Fun!</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html"> <h1> MaddSketcher Design</h1> <h2> Lisa Dorn</h2> </a> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header>
<section> <ul> <li> <a href="img/check.png"> <img src="img/check.png" alt=""> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/logo.png"> <img src="img/logo.png" alt=""> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/tag.png"> <img src="img/tag.png" alt=""> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/rule.png"> <img src="img/rule.png" alt=""> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/fun.png"> <img src="img/fun.png" alt=""> </a> </li>
</ul> </section> <footer> <a href="https://www.behance.net/LisaDorn"><img src="img/portfolio.png" alt="portfolio icon"></a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/Lisa-Dorn/a4/128/886"><img src="img/resume.png" alt="resume icon"></a> <a href="img/email.png"> <img src="img/email.png" alt=""></a> <p>maddsketcher@mac.com</p> <p>© 2015 Lisa Dorn.</p> </footer> </body> </html>

Weird, it shows the body tag up until I post it.

file:///Users/Lisomania/Desktop/lisadorncode.jpg

Can you post the picture of your CSS file since we are working on background-colour in CSS.