Cannot Link My CSS To My HTML

October 30, 2022 Post a Comment

I'm at the last of my wits here. I've searched through dozens of websites trying to find the answer to this issue, but I have yet to find a solution that helps me. Here is the top

Solution 1:

Jozef Dúc wrote in the comments (1, 2):

Open css file in some editor for example Notepad++ and change encoding of file to UTF-8

Notepad++, open file, in main menu find Encoding->Convert to UTF-8.Look again in Encoding and option Encode in UTF-8 should be checked and save file. Hope it helps :)

This is what solved it for me.

Solution 2:

According to your screenshot

it looks like you have bad encoding in file.

So first add

<meta charset="utf-8">

to your HTML.

Then you must change encoding in CSS files. Open the file in some editor (I recommended Notepad++). In Notepad++, find Encoding in menu and in submenu choose option Convert to UTF-8. Now, look again in "Encoding" and "Encode in UTF-8" should be checked, then save the file.

Solution 3:

i had the same issue and this is what worked for me. i realized the .html and .css files where all in one single folder that's why it wasn't working. to solve this,

open the project folder(the folder that contains your html files), in this folder, create another folder called 'styles'. Finally, place the .css file in the style folder and run your site again.

this worked for me. hope it works for you

Solution 4:

Try adding this line <meta charset="utf-8">

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8">
        <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css">
    </head>

Solution 5:

1. Ensure that CSS is enabled in your browser.

1.1 Firefox & Chrome: I recommend using Chris Pederick's Web Developer Toolbar, it is a CSS menu (third from left if you have a newer version where the text labels got KOed).

1.2 Safari: ensure the Develop menu is visible (Edit-->Preferences-->Advanced) and then ensure that Disable Styles is not checked.

1.3 Opera (Real Opera, 12.5 and earlier): Tools-->Preferences-->Advanced [tab]-->Content-->"Style Options" [button]-->Presentation Mode [tab] and ensure that "Page Style Sheet" is checked.

1.4 Internet Explorer: Go to Tools-->Options and ensure that under the "Security" tab that the zone (either Local Intranet (if loading the page from your hard drive) or Internet (if you're uploading to a server and then loading it in a browser) are set to Medium-High.

2. Ensure that your HTML and CSS files do not have a BOM (Byte Order Mark) which is created by Notepad and other Microsoft text editors. You can disable the BOM by using Notepad++ or SuperEdi in the Save As... dialog, you will need to do so for both. NEVER USE MICROSOFT TEXT EDITING TOOLS FOR WEBSITES!

3. Running a local server? Check either the Apache access logs or the Developer Network tab to ensure the style.css file isn't coming up as 404.

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