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CSS

Posted by Bryna Shields
Bryna Shields
468 Points

Finishing the CSS Quiz - Copyright Issue

I'm working on the Finishing the CSS Quiz, and it keeps telling me I'm wrong, but I have the video opened right next to it and the code in the video is the same as what I wrote... Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? Am I missing something??

The quiz asks:

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.

So I write:

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

And the message I get is:

Remember, to select an ID, use the '#' character followed by the ID of the element you want to select.

But isn't that what I'm doing? I'm confused.

5 Answers

Gareth Redfern
Gareth Redfern
36,217 Points
Gareth Redfern
Gareth Redfern
36,217 Points

Hi Bryna, in your code you have an additional : and need a semi colon at the end you have written:

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

Notice the additional colon after solid and you have used a colon at the end of #2A0400

Your code should read:

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

Hope that helps.

Bryna Shields
Bryna Shields
468 Points
Bryna Shields
Bryna Shields
468 Points

Ahh! In my post above it doesn't show that I included the hash before the copyright, but that's what I wrote.

Mark Gonzales
Mark Gonzales
3,423 Points
Mark Gonzales
Mark Gonzales
3,423 Points

Remove the colon after solid and the color, then, end it with a semicolon instead.

There should only be one semicolon at the end, nothing in the middle.

Scooter D
Scooter D
9,611 Points
Scooter D
Scooter D
9,611 Points

I just finished this code challenge, this is what I put in and it was correct.

#copyright {
  border-top: 8px solid #2A0400;
}
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

@Bryna -

For reference here is the code from your OP:

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

2 things to remember:

  • All CSS rules must end with a ;
  • A : is only used to start a CSS rule

So after those 2 issues are fixed, your CSS will work.