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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Getting Familiar with HTML and CSS Test: Changing the Look of a Web Page

Posted by Mohammad Aslam
Mohammad Aslam
6,053 Points

I am not sure how to change the color of the h1 tag to purple. Please help.

Not sure about this

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
  </head>
  <body>

    <h1 class="tag" >Welcome to My Web Page!</h1>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
tag
  color: purple
Dmitriy Zheltkov
Dmitriy Zheltkov
1,527 Points
Dmitriy Zheltkov
Dmitriy Zheltkov
1,527 Points

Seems like you're missing the curly brackets in your CSS:

.tag {
    color: purple;
}

3 Answers

Kevin Becerra
Kevin Becerra
14,243 Points
Kevin Becerra
Kevin Becerra
14,243 Points

There's two things missing you need to add. The period before the 'tag' because it's a class and you also need to add the curly braces to assign it to the class tag. Sometimes its small errors that won't allow the changes you want to be done but don't let this discourage you. Keep at it and have fun coding! 

    .tag{
        color: purple;
    }
Mohammad Aslam
Mohammad Aslam
6,053 Points

thanks

Ezra Siton
Ezra Siton
12,644 Points
Ezra Siton
Ezra Siton
12,644 Points 
// Class selectors are defined with the . character followed by the class name.
.tag {
    color: purple;
}

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/css-basics/basic-selectors/class-selectors

Mohammad Aslam
Mohammad Aslam
6,053 Points
Mohammad Aslam
Mohammad Aslam
6,053 Points

Thanks, appreciate the help!