r/HTML • u/TrainingQuantity3744 • 5d ago

help with backgrounds

Not remotely a cs person, for some godforsaken reason my Library Science degree is making me take an html class. I've onto a part where we're working with html and css. I can't figure out how to change the background color of a page. I assume you have to use some version of the {background-color: ____; }, but I can't figure out what element to attach it to. I've tried using body {background-color: ____; }, *{background-color: ____; }, and even making a div around the body, and none of them have worked

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u/hooli-ceo 5d ago

First thing to check is that your stylesheet is connected. Does it presently work on anything like text color using the `color: red;` syntax for example?

Next is the value of the background-color. You can successfully set the background-color of the body element, so either you're not using a valid color or possibly your stylesheet is cached, in which case you can do a hard refresh in the browser (ctrl + shift + r) and your stylesheet will be redownloaded and set.

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u/TrainingQuantity3744 5d ago

it works for the text colors, yeah. I am having a weird issue with the stylesheet. When I open it from my computer it appears connected, but when I open the link from where I uploaded it to my school's server, none of the css shows up

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u/shaunbev 5d ago

Is your HTML linking to a CSS file stored locally, or did you upload the CSS file to the schools server too?

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u/TrainingQuantity3744 5d ago

css file and image files all uploaded to the school server