Question

For some reason I cant get CSS to work with my form? I have tried just about everything and I cant seem to find the issue? What am I doing wrong?

My HTML Structure

        <div class="login-container">
            <form>
            <fieldset>
                <label for="email">Email:</label>
                <input type="text" name="email" class="input" id="email" />
                <br /><br />
                <label for="pword">Password:</label>
                <input type="text" name="pword" id="pword" />
              </fieldset>
            </form>
        </div>

My CSS Structure

.login-container fieldset {
    padding: 1em;
}
.login-container label {
    float:left;
    width:25%;
    margin-right:0.5em;
    padding-top:0.2em;
    text-align:right;
    font-weight:bold;
}
.input {
    background-color:#F00;
}

Answer 1

Remove the . in front of your input selector.

input {
    background-color:#F00;
}

See also: CSS element selector vs. CSS .class selector