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Posted by Jon Lancaster
Jon Lancaster
9,285 Points

grid.css Failure

I am using the following code. I was able to successfully include the grid.css file to the extent that when I remove the link, I see a clear difference between the old and new site. However, the finished website at the end of the CSS grid introduction is different than what the class shows.

Specifically, the margins do not center the website on the page. The appropriate rows are not statically placed by instead they move up and down and fill gaps in the row above them. The website begins where the left screen border begins and ends at the right whevever the last element will fit.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equive="Content Type" contents="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<title> Smells Like Bakin </title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="C:Users/jonlancaster/Desktop/css/normalize.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="C:Users/jonlancaster/Desktop/css/grid.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
</head>

<body>
    <div class="container clearfix">
        <div class="grid_4">
        <img src="img/logo.gif" alt="Smells Like Bakin">
        </div>

        <div class="grid_8 omega">
        <ul class="nav">
            <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Cupcakes &amp; Prices</a></li>
            <li><a href="#">Locations<a></li>
            <li class="last"><a href="#">Contact US</a></li>

        </ul>
        </div>
        <div id="intro" class="grid_9" class="nav">
            <h1> Opposites really attract, especially in our kitchen! We combine unexpected flavors that melt together to create ironically delicious desserts.
            </h1>
            <p><a href="#" class="btn">Brows Our Cupcakes</a></p>
        </div>
        <div class="grid_3 omega">
        <img src="img/you-bake-me-blush.gif" alt="You Bake me Blush">
        </div>  

        <div id="featured-cupcake" class="grid_7">
            <h2>Cupcake of the Week</h2>
            <p>This week's featured cupacke is the <a href="#"> Avocado Chocolate cupcake</a> Its strange combo of flavors will kick your taste buds into fiesta mode!</p>
            <img src="img/featured-cupcake.jpg" alt=Avocado Chocolate cupcake>
        </div>

        <div id="new-cupcakes" class="grid_5 omega">
            <h2> Fresh Out the Oven</h2>
            <p> Our newest cupcakes are <a href="#">Bacon Me Crazy</a> and <a href="#">Jalapeno So Spicy</a>.</p>
            <img src="img/new-cupcake-bacon.jpg" alt="Bacon Me Crazy">
            <img src="img/new-cupcake-jalapeno.jpg" alt="Jalapeno So Spicy">
        </div>
        <div class="grid_7"
        <h2> Inside the Kitchen</h2>
        <p> Smells Like Bakin' started out in the garage of the husband wife duo Allison &amp; Joseph. Allison is the baker, and Joseph a way for them to make a business out of her tasty treats. Flash Forward to today and they have a successful store front, catering business and cupcake truck. </p>
        <p> <a href="#" class="btn-small">Read More</a></p>
        </div>

        <div class="grid_5 omega">
        <h2> Get Bakin' with Us </h2>

        <div id="contact">
            <p> Call us:<span> 1-555-CUP-CAKE</span><br>
            Email us: <a href="#">bakeon@smellslikebakin.com</a></p>

        </div>

        <p> We announce of all our new flavors first through Facebook &amp; Twitter, and even take requests! </p>
        <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SmellsLikeBakin"><img src="img/facebook.gif" alt="Facebook"></a>
        <a href="http://www.facebook.com/SmellsLikeBakin"><img src="img/twitter.gif" alt="Twitter"></a>
        </div>

        <div id="copyright" class="grid_12">
            <p>&copy; 2012 Smells Like Bakin' Cupcake Company. All Rights Reserved. </p>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

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

It's really easy to catch these issues with syntax highlighting, such done with the code above.

The code that is highlighted in invalid, I noted 2 issues:

  • A missing closing angle bracket > on a div tag
  • An unquoted text in an alt attribute inside of an img tag
Alan Massie
Alan Massie
14,976 Points
Alan Massie
Alan Massie
14,976 Points

Hi Jon,

Usually I find this is down to an unclosed tag that things don't look quite as you would expect.

If you do a search for "grid_7" in your code you will see an unclosed tag ( <div class="grid_7" ).

Hope this helps and resolves the issue.

Alan