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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Layout Styling the "Wildlife" div with Background Properties

Posted by Clayton Bowland
Clayton Bowland
2,874 Points

background property

not sure what there asking on this code challenge?

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.wildlife {
  background-image: url('./img/bear.jpg') ;
}
background-repeat: no-repeat;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
        <div class="primary-content t-border">
            <p class="intro">
                Lake Tahoe is one of the most breathtaking attractions located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
            </p>
            <a class="callout" href="#more">Find out more</a>
      <div class="wildlife">
        <h2>Check out all the Wildlife</h2>
        <p>
          As spawning season approaches, the fish acquire a humpback and protuberant jaw. After spawning, they die and their carcasses provide a feast for gatherings of <a href="#mink">mink</a>, <a href="#bears">bears</a>, and <a href="#eagles">bald eagles</a>.
        </p>
      </div><!-- End .wildlife -->
            <a class="callout" href="#wildlife">See the Wildlife</a>
        </div><!-- End .primary-content -->
  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points
Tsenko Aleksiev
Tsenko Aleksiev
3,819 Points

Hi there! Try this:

/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.wildlife {
  background-image: url('./img/bear.jpg') ;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
}

See the difference? Your class is wildfire, when you want to change something to this class, it goes inside the curly braces. I mean that "background-repeat: no-repeat;" part should go inside the braces otherwise it's not going to work. The way you typed it is just some words in the air and css can't understand what you want :) Try it and give me back some comment if it doesn't work :)

Clayton Bowland
Clayton Bowland
2,874 Points

Yes, thank you

Vanessa Castro
Vanessa Castro
14,773 Points
Vanessa Castro
Vanessa Castro
14,773 Points

You have an extra curly brace, and the image bear.jpg is in the folder img. Try this code instead:

.wildlife { background-image: url(‘img/bear.jpg’); background-repeat: no-repeat; }

Clayton Bowland
Clayton Bowland
2,874 Points

Yes, thank you

Brian Johnson
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Brian Johnson
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Brian Johnson
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Brian Johnson
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 20,818 Points

Hey there.

So Tsenko is absolutely right about putting the background property within the first curly brace and deleting the extra curly brace

Further if your image is nested within your img folder, to access it try this relative path url(‘../img/bear.jpg’).

I noticed on your css you only had 1 period : (‘./img/bear.jpg’)

Let me know if this works.

Clayton Bowland
Clayton Bowland
2,874 Points

That works, thank you