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CSS

Posted by Christina Pruitt
Christina Pruitt
3,000 Points

How do I get 2 columns instead of one?

I've checked my work (no typos, everything is closed off) and I still don't see where I've went wrong:

/********************************
GERERAL
*********************************/

body {
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 5%;
  }

a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

/********************************
HEADING
*********************************/


#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1 {
  font-family: 'Niconne', sans-serif;
  margin: 15px 0;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal; 
  line-height: 0.8em;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 0.75em;
  margin: -5px 0 0;
  font-weight: normal;
}


/********************************
NAVIGATION
*********************************/

nav {
  text-align: center;
  padding: 10px 0;
  margin: 20px 0 0;
}


/********************************
FOOTER
*********************************/

footer {
  font-size: 0.75em;
  text-align: center;
  padding-top: 50px;
  color: #ccc;
}

/********************************
PAGE: PORTFOLIO
*********************************/

#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color:#f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

/********************************
COLORS
*********************************/

/* site body */
body {
  background-color: #fff;
  color: #999;
}

/* teal header */
header {
  background: #2a9b8c;
  border-color: #ffffff;
}

/* nav background on mobile */
nav {
  background: #3FA598;
}


/* logo text */
h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

/* links */
a {
  color: #2a9b8c; 
}


/* nav link */
nav a, nav a:visited {
  color: #fff;
}

/* selected nav link */
nav a.selected, nav a:hover {
  color: #154E46;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Christina Pruitt | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Niconne|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head> 
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Christina Pruitt</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 id="gallery">
          <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 Phototshop.</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"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2015 Christina Pruitt.</p>
      </footer>
   </div>
  </body>
</html>

4 Answers

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

2 things you need to change on your CSS.

  1. your #gallery li is missing the % symbol to make it a percentage width.
  2. because you're floating elements your footer doesn't know its place. add clear: both to your footer

View Below

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color:#f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

footer {
  font-size: 0.75em;
  text-align: center;
  padding-top: 50px;
  color: #ccc;
  clear: both;
}
Christina Pruitt
Christina Pruitt
3,000 Points

Oh, thank you! I way over looked that percentage sign!

Jon Benson
Jon Benson
12,168 Points
Jon Benson
Jon Benson
12,168 Points

Hi Christina--

I see that you are floating all the html gallery li to the left. You may try creating a div and float some to the right. Hope this helps. Also, I noticed there is no <meta name= "viewport" width="device width"> in the head tag. That can cause trouble down the road. Hope this helped!

Christina Pruitt
Christina Pruitt
3,000 Points
Christina Pruitt
Christina Pruitt
3,000 Points

What do you mean there is no 'head tag'? Like, none in the CSS document? Which lesson did they go over it again? Plus I tried floating some to the right and it didn't do anything to my page.

Johnny Garces
PLUS
Johnny Garces
Courses Plus Student 8,551 Points
Johnny Garces
Johnny Garces
Courses Plus Student 8,551 Points

45% for the width, not 45 :)