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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Getting Started with CSS Inline and Internal Styles

Katie Kranz
Katie Kranz
1,546 Points
Posted by Katie Kranz
Katie Kranz
1,546 Points

I am typing the code verbatim and when I go to preview the page, the code is not rendering. Why is this happening?

For example:

<html> <head> <title>Lake Tahoe</title> <style> p { font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; }

  h1 {
    font-size: 90px;
    color: firebrick;
     }
  header {
    background-color: orange;
  }

</style>

</head>

2 Answers

Karn Patel
Karn Patel
3,291 Points
Karn Patel
Karn Patel
3,291 Points

I had the same issue, the problem is the browser cache--meaning the browser has a saved version of the page and you won't see changes like a change in background color unless you refresh many, many times. A way of getting around this is opening up developer tools on Chrome (browser), clicking "network" and then "disable cache". You can find this tool on the chrome browser by clicking View >> Developer >> Developer Tools.

Once you click disable cache, every time you refresh the page after making a minor change, the change will be represented on the webpage.

Hope that helps

Leena Thampan
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Leena Thampan
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Leena Thampan
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Leena Thampan
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Hi Karn, I tried disabling the cache using the developer tools, but the style changes are still not rendering properly. It only appears to be affecting the font-weight selector.

<style> p { font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; } </style>

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

There are two common reasons for this:

* you forget to save your changes (with the menu or control-s shortcut)

* you forget to refresh your browser where the preview is displayed

Katie Kranz
Katie Kranz
1,546 Points
Katie Kranz
Katie Kranz
1,546 Points

Okay I will try doing that. Thank you. If this doesn't work, could it be that there is a tech error happening with Workspace?