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

Dorsey Fox
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Dorsey Fox
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 2,613 Points

Create a new rule that targets the span element inside .intro. Give the span element a bold font weight and an italic fo

I'm putting the 'span' element INSIDE the '.Intro ' element. Why isn't it working, LOL!
I've even tried a separate new rule like this.........

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

.intro span { 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"></p>
        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 {
  font-size: 1.25em;
  line-height: 1.6em;
  font-weight: bold;
  font-style: italic;
}
Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points
Matthew Long
Matthew Long
28,407 Points

This is also a duplicate. Asking multiple times on treehouse actually doesn't get people to answer quicker. We see the questions as answered or not regardless :smile:

1 Answer

jared eiseman
jared eiseman
29,023 Points
jared eiseman
jared eiseman
29,023 Points 
<p class="intro"></p>
        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>

As your code is written, you have a broken tag. You have a closing </p> after the opening with the class of intro. It makes the text, and the span be outside of the tag, which will make the selector ".intro span" not work. If you delete the </p> thats on the same line as <p class="intro"> it should work fine.