Troubleshooting checklist General HTML CSS GitHub General Is it saved? Did you refresh it? Have you refreshed it multiple times? Is it committed in the GitHub app? Is it pushed/synced in the GitHub app? Did you wait a few minutes for the server to sync your live website? Are you editing the correct file in Atom? ⌘-Click the filename in the window’s title bar. Are you viewing the correct file in your browser? Check the URL folders against the folder structure on your computer. Is the file in the trash? ⌘-Click the title bar or check the URL. Are you connected to the Internet? Have you restarted Atom? Fully ⌘Q restart. Have you restarted the browser? Fully ⌘Q restart. Have you asked your neighbour? Have you asked a TA (yellow sticky)? Have you asked the Teacher (red sticky)? Is it time for a break? Have you slept on it? Wait until you start dreaming solutions. Have you restarted your computer? Did you give the computer gnomes enough time to fix it for you? HTML Have you validated the code?HTML Validator or Markbot Is the tag name spelled properly? Are the attributes spelled properly? Is it indented properly? (Helps with understanding.) Are all the tags closed properly? Is there a " missing? Are there < or > characters missing? Have you run it through Markbot? Is the CSS file connected using a <link> tag? Is the path to the CSS file correct? Is the CSS file saved in a css folder that’s the same location as your index.html? Does the image’s src attribute point to the right folder and file? CSS Have you validated the code?CSS Validator or Markbot Are the properties & values spelled properly? Is it indented properly? (Helps with understanding.) Do all the lines have a closing ;? Are there any missing { or } at the start or end of a ruleset? Are there enough closing } after a media query? There should be 2. Is there a quote missing? Are there any missing , between selectors? Have you run it through Markbot? Is the class spelled properly? Does the class’s name start with a .? Does the selector you’ve used actually exist in the HTML? Did you spell color the American way? Are you using a class when it’s actually an ID in your HTML? GitHub Have you committed everything? Have you pushed/synced everything? Have you waited ~10 minutes for it to become live online? Are you signed into the GitHub app? Check Preferences > Accounts Have you tried signing out then signing back in again? Have you verified your email address? Check the website. Is your email address saved in the preferences? Check Preferences > Git Are you viewing the right folder? Go to Repository > Show in Finder Is the Git repo in the trash? Go to Repository > Show in Finder Did you fork the original assignment repo? Go to Repository > Repository Settings…; is the Web Dev username (ltw-webdev-*) in the “Remote” URL? Did you submit your GitHub username at the start of the year for the grade submission to work? Ask Thomas for confirmation.
