Hi Brendan,

Can you kindly give us some more information about whether you're referring to a particular code challenge and what it is you're trying to do etc. We'll be able to help you then.

Ashley :)

You are adding the proper ID selector, but it looks like the properties you're applying are not correct.

You need to style the top border only (using the "border-top" property), make the top border solid, fix the typo (8x => 8px), and delete the zeros (we're only working with the top border, so you don't need to worry about specifying values for the other three sides)

Hi Julie, i entered this and it is still not working:

copyright {

border-top: 8px; color: #2A0400; }

The system is coming back saying this: Bummer! Remember, to select an ID, use the '#' character followed by the ID of the element you want to select.

I'm having the same issue

Hi Brendan,

Remember that the color property is reserved for font only. If you wanted to created a border color you would need to use border-top-color;

Just why not use the shorthand and save some time? You can specify the width, style, and color one right after the other in css like this:

#copyright {
border-top: 8px solid #2A0400;
}

That's an interesting point, Tom. In general, the color property refers specifically to font, however: "If an element's border color is not specified with a border property, user agents must use the value of the element's 'color' property as the computed value for the border color." from the W3 So essentially, if you don't give the border color a value, it will default to the text color... which is why this task will pass whether or not to you specify color as color or color at border color. However, your solution is definitely "best practices" in terms of code writing because it's cleaner, more concise and does not repeat itself.

Brendan: The key thing you're really missing is making the border solid.

Totally agree. In this instance it happens to work out, but using the explicit property/value pair is 100% the best way to go.

Hey Brendan,

I had the same problem. I listened to Tom and Julie and tried:

copyright {

border-top: 8px solid #2A0400; }

And it worked. It seems to me that Team Treehouse is returning the wrong error message. Good luck!