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Start your free trialBrittany Wilson
166 PointsI tried changing the color to the background color, and nothing happened.
I tried to change the background color in ccs and nothing happened.
4 Answers
Hector Feliciano
632 PointsThe video did not mention saving so I believe this caused confusion especially for everyone new to this.
Alexandr Bessmertnov
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 16,542 Pointshi, Brittany. looking ahead..
the color property is applied to the text and the background color property to the blocks
please check syntax and path to css file...and save the file cntrl + s
.text {
color: white;
}
.block {
background-color: black;
}
Jet Sung
167 Pointsmaybe you needed to save the file lst before refresh? I noticed the beginning video didn't explain that part.
CTRL and S to save
MELISSA OLIVO
131 Pointsthanks for the SAVE step!
xffervapbo
627 Pointsxffervapbo
627 PointsOnce you change the color, save your workspace, and then when you preview the webpage it will reflect the change.