I can't get the navbar to the top of the viewport. Any suggestions?

is the background color actually changes? make sure you are linking the css correctly

I believe I have it linked correctly. Am I missing something?

yes, a selector, you can’t put a property in a media query, you need to always put the property in a selector

Can you provide me with an example please? I’m having a hard time. This is all new to me. Kinda just self teaching myself like some others on here.

Take a look at the piano workshop. You worked with media queries there:

Learn Responsive Web Design by Building a Piano: Step 33 | freeCodeCamp.org