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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Adding a Style to several Elements using Class

Posted by Gerald ESPARZA
Gerald ESPARZA
219 Points

I dont know i have my open brace my padding: 15px My margin:10px

I’m at at a loss on this one

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>List Example</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
  </head>
  <body>

    <a href="#" class="social-links">Follow me on Twitter!</a>
    <a href="#" class="social-links">Send me an Email!</a>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
.social-links{
  padding: 15px 
  margin: 10px 
  text-align: center;
  color: red;
}

1 Answer

brevans26
brevans26
15,198 Points
brevans26
brevans26
15,198 Points

Hi Gerald!

Apparently you just forgot to add the semicolon after the margin and padding values.

.social-links{
  padding: 15px;
  margin: 10px;
  text-align: center;
  color: red;
Gerald ESPARZA
Gerald ESPARZA
219 Points

in the css file it goes a.social-links{ padding: 15px; margin: 10px; text-align: center; color: red; }