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

Posted by alan rado
alan rado
902 Points

This is what I'm being asked to do: Create a new rule that targets the span element inside .intro...

This is what I'm being asked to do: Create a new rule that targets the span element inside .intro. Give the span element a bold font weight and an italic font style. Make sure you're selecting the intro class, and setting an em font-size value equal to 20px. This is what I did... but it's not working:

.intro span { font-size: 1.25em; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; }

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 span
{
line-height: 1.6;
font-weight: bold;
font-style: italic;
}

5 Answers

Corey Lyons
Corey Lyons
24,684 Points
Corey Lyons
Corey Lyons
24,684 Points

It will be in your CSS. It will look like this:

a:link {        /* Use the link pseudo class */
 text-decoration: none;
}
Corey Lyons
Corey Lyons
24,684 Points
Corey Lyons
Corey Lyons
24,684 Points

It should look like this: 

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

You didn't need the line height property. Hope this helps!

alan rado
alan rado
902 Points
alan rado
alan rado
902 Points

Thanks Corey, I figured it out.

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

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

However, I'm lost on this one:

"Create a new rule that removes the underline from all unvisited links on the page." Is this in the HTML or CSS?

alan rado
alan rado
902 Points
alan rado
alan rado
902 Points

That did it! Thanks!

Iain Simmons
MOD
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points
Iain Simmons
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points

I believe Task 2 of the Styling the Intro Paragraph Code Challenge was to make the whole .intro paragraph element 20px using ems.

Task 3 is to add the line-height property, again, just to the .intro paragraph.

In Task 4, you're asked to create a new rule to target the span within the .intro paragraph, adding the bold and italic styling to that rule only.

You should have two blocks of CSS (each with a selector and set of curly braces).

See how you go with that.

Iain Simmons
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points

Oh, I was a bit late to the game it seems. Good job Corey Lyons!