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leo kamin
5,550 Pointscannot set the background color
this is a link to the code I'm having trouble with I cannot set the background color and cannot get my links to the far left side of the screen http://codepen.io/mr_lion/pen/jvrKJ
4 Answers

Chris Dziewa
17,781 PointsOn body and html tags you have a space between background and color instead of a hyphen.

Chris Dziewa
17,781 PointsFor your second question, the browser is adding default styling to the ul element. Add this to your css:
ul {
padding: 0;
}

leo kamin
5,550 PointsI tried but it didn't work.

Chris Dziewa
17,781 PointsAlso, remove the width on the li element. Let me know if that fixes it. You also may need to add display: inline-block;
to the li selector.

leo kamin
5,550 PointsThe li Is still in the middle of the ul.

James Barnett
39,199 PointsYou've got a few syntax errors, such as missing hyphens in property names and missing colons.
Analyze your CSS to find them all.
leo kamin
5,550 Pointsleo kamin
5,550 Pointsthank you