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CSS How to Make a Website Adding Pages to a Website Build the Contact Page

Aaron Rabinovitz
Aaron Rabinovitz
2,020 Points
Posted by Aaron Rabinovitz
Aaron Rabinovitz
2,020 Points

Hi Everyone. <h3>General Information</h3> shows right underneath the <nav> with no space. Why?

Hi everyone! hope this msg finds you well. Question: the <h3>General Information</h3> shows right underneath the <nav> with no space. Why? I notice Nick's example has a space. Thanks!

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,028 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,028 Points

There's no real difference between the 2. The browser ignores all spaces in code except for a standard space between words.

The reason elements appear top to bottom in the browser is because most are block-level elements which means that they take up 100% of the width of the parent element, which could be the root element. 100.

Nick probably just put a space between the nav and the heading because of personal choice. :-)

Aaron Rabinovitz
Aaron Rabinovitz
2,020 Points
Aaron Rabinovitz
Aaron Rabinovitz
2,020 Points

Ok thanks. How do you put the space between General Information and the ? I've tried playing with h3{ margin: 0 0 1em 0; } in main.css with no success. Thanks for your help.

William Kroger
William Kroger
4,285 Points
William Kroger
William Kroger
4,285 Points

I had the same exact issue, and I realized that I was placing the css ID for #logo in the header element instead of within the anchor tag right after. So after your opening body tag, make sure your html looks like this:

<header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">

Once I did this, the h3 tag for "General Information" moved down and was no longer touching the nav. Hope this helps!