# Customize css for node template
**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/customize-css-for-node-template/23624
**Category:** Dashboard
**Created:** [25 March 2020 14:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/customize-css-for-node-template/23624 "2020-03-25T14:33:31Z")
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### Author:  [@cigno](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cigno)
#### Post date: [25 March 2020 14:33 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/customize-css-for-node-template/23624/1 "2020-03-25T14:33:31Z")
hi everyone I'm trying to use the w3.css framework and use it in the template node.
but when I go to link it locally it doesn't work
link rel = "stylesheet" href = "/ css / w3.css".
but when I link it like this
link rel = "stylesheet" href = "[https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/4/w3.css](https://www.w3schools.com/w3css/4/w3.css)"
everything works.
please can you help me thank.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [25 March 2020 15:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/customize-css-for-node-template/23624/2 "2020-03-25T15:41:17Z")
> [@cigno](#):
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> link rel = "stylesheet" href = "/ css / w3.css".
Have you really got spaces in your folder and file names?
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### Author:  [@cigno](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cigno)
#### Post date: [25 March 2020 15:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/customize-css-for-node-template/23624/3 "2020-03-25T15:46:27Z")
the file I need to include is called w3.css
and is located in c: \ css \ w3.css
while if I include it directly from the server it works
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [25 March 2020 16:06 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/customize-css-for-node-template/23624/4 "2020-03-25T16:06:31Z")
I think it is much more likely that the file is in `c:\css\w3.css` (no spaces). When you fetch a file from `/some/path` it looks in wherever you have specified for httpStatic in your settings.js file. Typically you should specify something like
`httpStatic: '/home/user/.node-red/static/',`
and then put the css files in that folder.
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### Author:  [@Colin](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Colin)
#### Post date: [25 March 2020 16:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/customize-css-for-node-template/23624/5 "2020-03-25T16:35:14Z")
That is for a linux system of course, presumably for Windows you would put the equivalent Windows path in.
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### Author:  [@cigno](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/cigno)
#### Post date: [25 March 2020 17:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/customize-css-for-node-template/23624/6 "2020-03-25T17:29:06Z")
thanks you were very kind it works !!! 😀 👋
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [8 April 2020 17:29 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/customize-css-for-node-template/23624/7 "2020-04-08T17:29:07Z")
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