Using AWS I created an EC2 instance because I wanted to be able to execute php code. When I put my client side code in the /var/www/html folder, the html code comes up fine when I go to the public DNS. The css is not executed though. These are my permissions for my css file
-rw-r--r-- 1 ubuntu ubuntu 4236 Apr 4 00:08 home.css
and this is the head tab in my html
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../css/home.css"></link>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>
This link says I can use something called an S3 browser for my css, but does this mean I can't use an EC2 instance? Also from what I've look up about S3, it's a windows application and I'm using MACOS. It also looks like s3 is only for simple static web pages.
It looks like the location of your CSS is incorrect. Assuming the HTML page is located at /var/www/html/index.html. Try changing the location of your css to /css/home.css
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/home.css"></link>
<meta charset="utf-8">
</head>