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Kevin Zandee
Courses Plus Student 2,102 PointsI am working on module Center the Wrapper and my background color will not change. main.css is reference correctly
index html ref: <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
main.css
a{ text-decoration: none; }
wrapper {
max-width: 940px; margin: 0 auto; background-color: blue; }
7 Answers
Sam Baines
4,315 PointsHi Kevin - you can post your code completely using three back ticks (```) either side of the code for it display properly. Are you sure you have the # sign for the wrapper ID in your css and is the id specified in the html for the wrapper div?
Kevin Zandee
Courses Plus Student 2,102 PointsHere is the code. I checked again on the index.html to see if I left anything open. main.css and index.html code below
Thanks for taking a look
text-decoration: none;
}
#wrapper {
background: orange;
}
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Materials Management|Operational Report Developer</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html"> <h1>Kevin Zandee</h1> <h2>Materials Management/Operational Report Developer</h2> </a> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About </a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header> <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 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 repetiton.</p>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<footer>
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/Kevin04801578"><img src="Img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/pub/kevin-zandee/19/a22/512/en"><img src="Img/Linkedin-wrap.png" alt="LinkedIn Logo"></a>
<p>© 2010 Kevin Zandee.</p>
</footer>
</body>
</html>
Kevin Zandee
Courses Plus Student 2,102 Points''' a{ text-decoration: none; }
wrapper {
background: orange; }
Kevin Zandee
Courses Plus Student 2,102 Pointsa{
text-decoration: none;
}
#wrapper {
background: orange;
}
Sam Baines
4,315 PointsHi Kevin - I have noticed one thing that might affect the code you have for the css - it looks like you have forgot to close the html <head> tag in the top of the code just before the body tag. Maybe check that to see if it as result has not been parsing the main.css file correctly.
Kevin Zandee
Courses Plus Student 2,102 Pointsthanks got it working
Justin Evans
1,703 PointsYou don't have any of the <div></div> in your code.