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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Text Shadows and Box Shadows

Lacey Brutschy
Lacey Brutschy
3,899 Points
Posted by Lacey Brutschy
Lacey Brutschy
3,899 Points

Challenge 4/4: I just can't get this at all. Totally stuck. Anyone able to help on this?

Anyone see anything wrong with the code? Tried even copying other answers I saw on the site and couldn't get it to work

style.css 
.main-heading {
  text-shadow: 0 0 5px #be7b31;
}

.title {
  text-shadow: 1px 3px 0 #e59740;
}

.main-header {
  box-shadow: 0 2px 15px #aaa, insert 0 60px 5px firebrick;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1 class="main-heading">Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>

        <div class="primary-content">
            <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><!-- End .primary-content -->

        <footer class="main-footer">
            <p>All rights reserved to the state of <a href="#">California</a>.</p>
            <a href="#top">Back to top &raquo;</a>
        </footer>
  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Tony Nguyen
Tony Nguyen
24,934 Points
Tony Nguyen
Tony Nguyen
24,934 Points

Sup Lacey,

In this line of code:

  box-shadow: 0 2px 15px #aaa, insert 0 60px 5px firebrick;

Instead of "insert" it's "inset".

  box-shadow: 0 2px 15px #aaa, inset 0 0 60px 5px firebrick;
Lacey Brutschy
Lacey Brutschy
3,899 Points
Lacey Brutschy
Lacey Brutschy
3,899 Points

That was close! I made the correction and am still getting the error message: "Bummer! The second box shadow's horizontal offset needs to be 0."

Tony Nguyen
Tony Nguyen
24,934 Points
Tony Nguyen
Tony Nguyen
24,934 Points

Sorry about that, I actually went ahead and read the question myself and it said to set the horizontal and vertical to 0 like so:

.main-header {
  box-shadow: 0 2px 15px #aaa, inset 0 0 60px 5px firebrick;
}

You just forgot to add another "0".

Lacey Brutschy
Lacey Brutschy
3,899 Points
Lacey Brutschy
Lacey Brutschy
3,899 Points

I've updated the last line of code to read:

.main-header { box-shadow: 0 2px 15px #aaa, insert 0 0 60px 5px firebrick; }

I've also tried: .main-header { box-shadow: 0 2px 15px #aaa, insert 0 60px 5px firebrick; }

Still not working, but I'm not sure why

Lacey Brutschy
Lacey Brutschy
3,899 Points
Lacey Brutschy
Lacey Brutschy
3,899 Points

Got it! Final answer was:

.main-header { box-shadow: 0 2px 15px #aaa, inset 0 0 60px 5px firebrick; }