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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Understanding Values and Units Styling the Intro Paragraph

Lamarr Powell
Lamarr Powell
1,450 Points
Posted by Lamarr Powell
Lamarr Powell
1,450 Points

Finally, create a new rule that removes the underline from all unvisited links on the page.

How do I do this?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1>Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>
    <div class="primary-content t-border">
      <p class="intro">
        Lake Tahoe is one of the most <span>breathtaking attractions</span> located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
      </p>
      <a href="#more">Find out more</a>
    </div>
    <footer class="main-footer">
      <p>All rights reserved to the state of <a href="#">California</a>.</p>
      <a href="#top">Back to top &raquo;</a>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.intro {
  font-size: 1.25em;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.intro span {
   font-weight: bold;
   font-style: italic;

4 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

When you make an anchor element, the browser automatically applies an underline styling to let users know that it is a hyperlink.

That style looks like this

a {
text-decoration: underline
}

But you can use it with any element.

What you need to do is find the property of text-decoration that removes the underline styling. Then apply it to unvisited links using the appropriate pseudo selector. a::unvisited

Lamarr Powell
Lamarr Powell
1,450 Points
Lamarr Powell
Lamarr Powell
1,450 Points

Still don't understand?

Lamarr Powell
Lamarr Powell
1,450 Points
Lamarr Powell
Lamarr Powell
1,450 Points

My answer was

a:link { text-decoration: none; }

and was wrong?

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

I got it to work with

a:link {
  text-decoration: none;
}

Try it at the very bottom of your code if you haven't already :)

Lamarr Powell
Lamarr Powell
1,450 Points
Lamarr Powell
Lamarr Powell
1,450 Points

Still not working, very bottom of what code? if you look at my style css it would be the last one so I dont understand whats going on?

Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

I'm not sure what else to suggest, I'm afraid.

.intro {
  font-size: 1.25em;
  line-height: 1.6;
}

.intro span {
   font-weight: bold;
   font-style: italic;
}

a:link {
  text-decoration: none;
}

Here's the complete code. Remember about the intro class in task 1. Try again if it still doesn't work for you. :)

Kristjan Vingel
Kristjan Vingel
7,992 Points
Kristjan Vingel
Kristjan Vingel
7,992 Points

I just did the challenge myself. I can confirm that a:link {text-decoration: none;} works.

John Aitchison
John Aitchison
5,332 Points
John Aitchison
John Aitchison
5,332 Points

I have been having the same problem

I found that I was accidentally "classing" the anchor "a" in the css

.a:link {text-decoration: none;} instead of a:link {text-decoration: none;} /* note the difference of the period at the start of the wrong answer */