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CSS

Dean Wagman
Dean Wagman
21,591 Points
Posted by Dean Wagman
Dean Wagman
21,591 Points

Finishing the CSS

I've been having trouble with the last code challenge in this section. Specifically question 1. I plug everything into the Stylesheet:

"#copyright { border-top: 8px; border-color: #(hex code); }"

But when I check my work I get an error saying that I need to make sure that when I'm selecting an id I use the "#" sign followed by the id name. I've become frustrated because I don't know what I'm doing incorrectly and this is the only step in the whole unit I haven't completed.

Anybody have any advice?

7 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

@Dean - border-top is a shorthand property whereas, border-color is not.

There are 2 ways to do this:

The shorthand used by @Sam:

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

The "long" form:

#copyright { 
  border-top-style: solid;
  border-top-width: 8px; 
  border-top-color: #2A0400; 
}
Enrique de Larrazabal
Enrique de Larrazabal
3,595 Points
Enrique de Larrazabal
Enrique de Larrazabal
3,595 Points

why (hash) not #, and don't capitalize Border

Dean Wagman
Dean Wagman
21,591 Points
Dean Wagman
Dean Wagman
21,591 Points

Enrique, I have been using "#" I just used hash here because it wasn't showing up when I posted in the forum. And my phone must have auto capitalized border, but that doesn't seem to be working either.

samiff
samiff
31,206 Points
samiff
samiff
31,206 Points

You aren't specifying the border style: http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/border-top

border-top: 8px solid #2A0400;

Should work for you.

Dean Wagman
Dean Wagman
21,591 Points
Dean Wagman
Dean Wagman
21,591 Points

Thank you so much Sam! You don't know how good it feels to finally pass that challenge after obsessing over it for so long. I really appreciate it.

Dean.

Dean Wagman
Dean Wagman
21,591 Points
Dean Wagman
Dean Wagman
21,591 Points

@james I didn't know that. Thanks. I understand it know.

Dean.

ecp
ecp
838 Points
ecp
ecp
838 Points

...and knowing is half the battle :D So glad it is working for you now Dean!

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