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HTML How to Make a Website Adding Pages to a Website Add and Style Icons

Frank Anes
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Frank Anes
Courses Plus Student 963 Points
Posted by Frank Anes
Frank Anes
Courses Plus Student 963 Points

Background size wont accept background-size: 20px; What am I doing wrong?

I keep trying background-size: 20px; Looked online and still wont work.

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

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

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

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

h1 {
  font-family: ‘Changa One’, sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

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

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

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

nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

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

.profile-photo {
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto 30px;
      max-width: 150px;
  border-radius: 100%;
}

.contact-info {
 font-size: 0.9em;
  margin: 0;
  Padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

.contact-info a {


  background-repeat: no-repeat; 
   display: block;
  min-height: 20px;
  padding-left: 0 0 0 30px;
    background-size: 20px;
}

3 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,403 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,403 Points

background-size needs two numbers if you are specifying both the width and height. With only one the height is presumed to be auto. MDN docs (You also give 4 values after padding-left as if it were padding instead.) Using either ul.contact-info or .contact-info both work for the challenge.

ul.contact-info a {
  display: block;
  min-height: 20px;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  padding: 0 30px, 0 0;
  background-size: 20px 20px;
}
Bradley Jackson
Bradley Jackson
2,668 Points
Bradley Jackson
Bradley Jackson
2,668 Points

Also, if it is for an icon, try to also set the width and height for the selected element.

Bradley Jackson
Bradley Jackson
2,668 Points
Bradley Jackson
Bradley Jackson
2,668 Points

I believe it is because you don't have a background explicitly stated for ".contact-info a".

State the background as,

background: url()

for an image, or

background: #FFF

for the color

You probably already know the latter, but knowing to explicitly state it should help.