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HTML How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Build Navigation with Unordered Lists

Posted by Ivan Kusakovic
Ivan Kusakovic
12,197 Points

After this lesson, it's not centered text

After this lesson at Nick's site everything is centered in nav bar, am I missed something?

3 Answers

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

The CSS class nav has a property and value of text-align: center;. This centers the navigation's list items.

Ivan Kusakovic
Ivan Kusakovic
12,197 Points
Ivan Kusakovic
Ivan Kusakovic
12,197 Points 
/***********************************
GENERAL
************************************/

body {
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;  
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 5%;
}

a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%; 
}


/***********************************
HEADING
************************************/

header {
  float: left;
  margin: 0 0 30px 0;
  padding: 5px 0 0 0;
  width: 100%;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1 {
  font-family: 'Changa One', sans-serif;
  margin: 15px 0;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 0.8em;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 0.75em;
  margin: -5px 0 0;
  font-weight: normal;
}

/***********************************
NAVIGATION
************************************/

nav {
  text-align: center;
  padding: 10px 0;
  margin: 20px 0 0;

}

nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 10px;
  padding 0;
}

nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

nav a {
  font-weight: 800;
  padding: 15px 10px;
}
/***********************************
FOOTER
************************************/

footer {
  font-size: 0.75em;
  text-align: center;
  clear: both;
  padding-top: 50px;
  color: #ccc;
}

.social-icon {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  margin: 0 5px;
}

/***********************************
PAGE PORTFOLIO
************************************/

#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

#gallery li a p {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 5%;
  font-size: 0.75em;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

/***********************************
PAGE: PORTFOLIO
************************************/

#gallery{
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;  
}

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

/***********************************
COLORS
************************************/

/* site body*/
body {
  background-color: #fff; 
  color: #999;
}

/* green header */
header {
  background: #6ab47b;
  border-color: #599a68;
}

/* nav background on mobile */
nav {
  background: #599a68;
}

/* logo text */
h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

/* links */
a {
  color: #6ab47b;
}


/* nav link */
nav a, nav a:visited {
  color: #fff;
}

/* selected nav link */
nav a.selected, nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Ivan | Web site</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400,400italic,700,700italic,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Ivan Kusakovic</h1>
        <h2>Front-end Beginner</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul id="gallery">
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Creating shapes using repetition.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/KusakovicIvan"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/zuricflavour"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2016 Ivan Kusakovic</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
Ivan Kusakovic
Ivan Kusakovic
12,197 Points
Ivan Kusakovic
Ivan Kusakovic
12,197 Points

I found error, between padding and 0 there is no : :) Now works fine.

Thanks