No doubt such a rookie mistake..but why?

aaronoafc

02-10-2012, 04:14 PM

Does anybody know why the background on this HTML file is not turning red? I have linked it to my CSS file and set it to turn the "body" red. I want the entire page background to be red.

HTML name - index.html
<!doctype html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="styles.css"/>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

CSS name - styles.css
body{
background:##FF0000;
}

I've tried .body....#body...html... .html.....#html.... also tried background-color:

Thanks

teedoff

02-10-2012, 04:18 PM

Can you post your entire html and css? Better would be a link to your live test site.

aaronoafc

02-10-2012, 04:20 PM

That's all it is mate just them two, is it because there is no html code in the body of the file? I just want the background of the html page to be completely red, however for some reason it is not working, I have done it 100 times before but this one just isn't doing it and I can't think why

teedoff

02-10-2012, 04:36 PM

lol nevermind. I havent had my coffee. I didnt read your css. It should be

background-color: #FF0000;

One pound sign as well.

aaronoafc

02-10-2012, 04:37 PM

Thanks, how did I miss the two # symbols! my bad!