How to link a CSS file from HTML file? When styling HTML with inline tags in the <head> section, you may encounter issues when attempting to move styles to a CSS file for the first time. Here's a troubleshooting guide to help resolve this:</p> <h3>Why does linking a CSS file not work?</h3> <p>In your HTML code, you have specified the rel attribute of the <link> tag as "Hope this works". This is incorrect. To link to a CSS file, you need to set the rel attribute to "stylesheet".</p> <div class="code" style="position:relative; padding:0px; margin:0px;"><pre><link rel="stylesheet" href="newcssstyle.css" type="text/css"></pre><div class="contentsignin">Copy after login</div></div> <p>Setting the rel attribute to "stylesheet" distinguishes this link as a stylesheet link rather than, say, an icon image link.</p> <h3>Additional considerations</h3> <p>If the CSS file still doesn't work after setting the rel attribute correctly, check if the CSS file is in the same directory as the referencing HTML file. If it's in a nested folder, use the appropriate relative folder path in the href attribute.</p> <p>For example, if the directory structure is:</p> <div class="code" style="position:relative; padding:0px; margin:0px;"><pre>Parent Directory: - index.html - Stylesheets: - newcssstyle.css</pre><div class="contentsignin">Copy after login</div></div> <p>Then, in the HTML file, you would reference "newcssstyle.css" as:</p> <div class="code" style="position:relative; padding:0px; margin:0px;"><pre>href='Stylesheets/newcssstyle.css'</pre><div class="contentsignin">Copy after login</div></div> <p>Ensure that the directory structure and file references are correct for your specific setup.</p>
