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CSS

Posted by imogenherbert
imogenherbert
1,298 Points

border not working HELP!!!

MY border is not working. 

header {
background: #ffc0cb;
border-color: deeppink;
float: left;
margin: 0 0 30px 0;
padding: 5px 0 0 0;
width: 100%;
}

thanks imogenherbert

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Jesse, header is an HTML tag (like h1, p, or a), so there's no need to make it a class or id. The problem is elsewhere - see my answer below.

Jesse James
Jesse James
3,020 Points

Greg's right, my HTML5-fu is weak :) Thanks, Greg!

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

No problem! I have the distinct advantage of only having just started to learn HTML, so the new-fangled stuff is all I know :)

1 Answer

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Hi imogenherbert,

You need to actually add a border to your header! Right now, you're just specifying the color, but no width or style. There are a couple ways to do this; here's the shortest:

header {
    background: #ffc0cb;
    border: 1px solid deeppink;  /* Here, I've specified width, style, and color */
    float: left;
    margin: 0 0 30px 0;
    padding: 5px 0 0 0;
    width: 100%;
}

The long version is this:

header {
    background: #ffc0cb;
    border-width: 1px;
    border-style: solid;
    border-color: deeppink;
    float: left;
    margin: 0 0 30px 0;
    padding: 5px 0 0 0;
    width: 100%;
}
imogenherbert
imogenherbert
1,298 Points

hi Greg Kaleka

thank you all working fine

imogenherbert

Jesse James
Jesse James
3,020 Points

imogenherbert Can you show us how you have the header "coded" in the actual HTML itself? Maybe give us the actual lines so we can be 100% sure what we're looking at?

imogenherbert
imogenherbert
1,298 Points

Greg Kaleka

can you help me with my "code challenge problem" please

imogenherbert