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Lindsay Barrett
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Lindsay Barrett
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Posted by Lindsay Barrett
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Lindsay Barrett
Python Web Development Techdegree Student 7,357 Points

attribute styling

I have added an attributes css styling to my code, but the content image is not displaying in front of the html element. 

<div class="footer4">
<h2>Get in Touch</h2>
<p class="phone">(623) 340-1422</p>
<p class="email">Aaabar@cox.net</p>
</div>

.email:: before {
content: url(images/get in touch/email.png);
margin-right: 8px; 
}

2 Answers

Fynn Lehnert
Fynn Lehnert
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Fynn Lehnert
Fynn Lehnert
15,244 Points

because you left a space in front of the before. and you need to define the content as empty string '', then give it a height and width and then define a background-image.

.email {
  padding-left: 8px;
}
.email:before {
  content: '';
  background-image: url(images/get in touch/email.png);
  height: 8px;
  width: 8px;

}
Brent Suggs
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Brent Suggs
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Brent Suggs
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Brent Suggs
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I would also like to add that you aren't really styling based on attribute as you are using a class.
To use attribule styleing so that every link with said attribute is treated the same you would do the following... 

<div class="footer4">
<h2>Get in Touch</h2>
<a href="tel:6233401422">(623) 340-1422</a>
<a href="mailto:aaabar@cox.net">Aaabar@cox.net</a>
</div>

a[href^="mailto:"]::before {
content: url(images/get in touch/email.png);
margin-right: 8px; 
}

This way any link with an href that starts with "mailto:" will get this styling.