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why isn't my code working

I put this in and I get a Bummer. What am I doing wrong? <body> <style> h1 { color: blue; } <h1>Nick Pettit</h1> </style> </body>

3 Answers

Are you including the style tags?

<style>
your code
</style>

My query in this forum is not appearing as I typed it! What's going on?

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

The forum uses markdown to correctly format code, check out this thread on how to type code in the forum for some examples.

Thanks Jeff, I figured it out. I didn't close style "</style>" before the text that I wanted to change. I closed it after the text.