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CSS

Posted by Gerald Spurbeck
Gerald Spurbeck
1,597 Points

Error in Challenge? (or is it me?)

In the "Finishing the CSS" challenge, when challenged to:

Select the copyright using an ID selector and give it a solid top border that is 8 pixels thick and has a color of #2A0400.

I place the following code at the bottom of the CSS file:

#copyright{
   border-top: 8px;
   color: #2A0400;
}

and the engine tells me I'm incorrect, and to use an # and the id of the target element.

Please help.

4 Answers

Chris Mitchell
Chris Mitchell
12,719 Points

look again at your code:

border-top: 8px; color: #2A0400;

dont worry about anything else just look above and the answer is in there.... i could give you the answer but fixing tiny errors will make you better for it, i spent 2 hours the other night looking for an error in my css code but once i found it i could of laughed

Gerald Spurbeck
Gerald Spurbeck
1,597 Points
Gerald Spurbeck
Gerald Spurbeck
1,597 Points

I placed the # sign prior to the copyright id (it doesn't show it in the forum.)

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

How to type code in the forum

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

Another hint to go along with it. You haven't yet declared what line style you want your border to be. It does say in the instructions to make a solid border. Also, by separating the color the way you have it, your actually setting the text color to that, not the border color, so you'll need to correct that too.

You're pretty close, two small fixes that I see. But fixing it yourself will help you remember it for next time.

Gerald Spurbeck
Gerald Spurbeck
1,597 Points
Gerald Spurbeck
Gerald Spurbeck
1,597 Points

Got it. thanks all of you for your encouragement, and NOT GIVING me the answers. And yes, I will not forget.