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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Gradients

Posted by Octavio Serrano
Octavio Serrano
2,231 Points

I believe i am using the right answer but it still shows as incorrect

No matter how i try to answer this challenge, it keeps telling me that it is incorrect. I have checked other sources and they all tell me that this is how i should be getting it right.

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.main-header{
  text-shadow:10px;
background-image: linear-gradient();
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1 class="main-heading">Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>

        <div class="primary-content">
            <p class="intro">
                Lake Tahoe is one of the most breathtaking attractions located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
            </p>
            <a class="callout" href="#more">Find out more</a>
        </div><!-- End .primary-content -->
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Hi there! You are correct. That's exactly how you make a background-image property with a linear-gradient function. That being said, you have extra rules in your code. For some reason, you've opted to include a text-shadow rule that was not asked for by the challenge and this is throwing off the results in some way.

Simply deleting the line with the text-shadow rule causes this to pass step 2 of the challenge!

Hope this helps! :sparkles: