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HTML How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Style the Basic Elements

Posted by Darryl King
Darryl King
3,236 Points

Hi Treehouse, What am I doing wrong in this challenge???

Where am I going wrong here??

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none

}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: center ; 
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Creating shapes using repetition.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2014 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
RAJAN SOOD
RAJAN SOOD
2,752 Points
RAJAN SOOD
RAJAN SOOD
2,752 Points

a { text-decoration: none;

}

wrapper{

max-width: 940px; margin: 0 auto; }

logo{

text-align: center; }

This is correct answer.

Siddharth Nasare
Siddharth Nasare
15,636 Points
Siddharth Nasare
Siddharth Nasare
15,636 Points 
a {
  text-decoration: none; <-- //End the semicolon.....

}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  //margin: center ; <-- // You can not give the property "center" to margin. It should be top right bottom left margin values in pixels(px) or % or  em. 
margin: 0 auto; <--- You can try this.
}

2 Answers

Rochell Hill
Rochell Hill
10,677 Points
Rochell Hill
Rochell Hill
10,677 Points

Set the margin to auto not center.

margin: auto;

also add ; at the end of the

text-decoration: none;

Darryl King
Darryl King
3,236 Points
Darryl King
Darryl King
3,236 Points

thank you ! I finally figured it out by revisiting the video tho.