HTML trouble linking CSS

Question

I am trying to edit my HTML file called index.html using a css file called style.css which is located inside of /root/var/www/ and the html file i located in /root/var/www/html.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
<div class="body">
  <head>
    <title>Homepage</title>

I think its because they are in two different folders and i tried googling the problem which made me try using href="../style.css" which also did not work.

../style.css should have worked. The link tag is self closing. You don't have the forward slash. Try adding that. — Vcasso
– Vcasso, Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 22:38
Yes, he needs to study proper html structure first! It is a mess. I assumed he typed out stuff really fast. That is the screenshot of his html. — Vcasso
– Vcasso, Commented Feb 1, 2017 at 22:43

spencer.sm · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-01 22:45:39Z

1

Your html should be structured like this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Homepage</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="../style.css">
  </head>
  <body>

  </body>
</html>

answered Feb 1, 2017 at 22:45

spencer.sm

20.8k10 gold badges86 silver badges98 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

1 Comment

spencer.sm Over a year ago

You can also try href="./../style.css"

Johannes · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-01 22:42:53Z

0

Your order and the hierarchy of tags is wrong: Start with <html> , then <head>, inside that put the link to the stylesheet (with href="../style.css"), but NO div yet, then close </head>, open <body> and then start with your DIVs etc., i.e. all the visible stuff. At the end close </body> and </html>

answered Feb 1, 2017 at 22:42

Johannes

67.9k22 gold badges84 silver badges139 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

HTML trouble linking CSS

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

1 Comment

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related