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Monica Anderson
3,621 PointsI created my div tag in html and used the main.css style sheet to style the div but it is not working at all.
I created my div tag in html and used the main.css style sheet to style the div but it is not working at all. The #wrapper is highlighted red on the style sheet and the wrapper is not centering the images or doing anything that I put in the rule. I have watched the tutorial 3 times. here is my html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Monika Anderson | Designer</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<a href="index.html">
<h1>Monika Anderson</h1>
<h2>Designer</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">Designer</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.</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>Dribs created 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="https://twitter.com/visualizegrafix">
<img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt"twitter logo"></a>
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/monika.anderson.5">
<img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt"facebook logo"></a>
<p>© 2014 Monika Anderson.</p>
</footer>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Here is the main.css:
a {
text-decoration: none;
#wrapper {
max-width: 940px;
margin: 0 auto;
background: orange:
}
3 Answers
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 PointsHi Monica,
There are a couple errors in your code:
1. In your HTML, all of your alt attributes (including the 2 in your footer) are missing the equal sign =. They should be alt="".
2. In your CSS file, there is a missing closing curly brace } for your a declaration.
Fix those up and it should work.
Keep Coding! :)
Monica Anderson
3,621 Pointsthank you so much!
Michael Atkins
1,971 PointsHi Monica,
In addition to what Jason said above, you will want to put a ; after the word orange in your main.css instead of a :
However missing curly braces are the usually the most common reasons the code won't work. It's happened to me several times.
Cheers! :)
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 PointsGood catch Michael!
Thank-you! :)
Monica Anderson
3,621 PointsThank you so much! It is amazing how one little thing can make a website not function.
Michael Atkins
1,971 PointsYou're welcome! :)
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 PointsJason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 PointsMODERATOR NOTE: Edited question to add Markdown so the code could be read in the forum. Please see this post on how to post code snippets into the forum.
:)