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CSS Build a Simple Website Styling Content Finishing the CSS

zachary mitchell
zachary mitchell
2,006 Points
Posted by zachary mitchell
zachary mitchell
2,006 Points

ID selector "#" not being recognized in challenge task

trying to select id="copyright" using #copyright but the challenge is not allowing me to do so. where am I going wrong? i have reviewed the video 3 times.

2 Answers

Adam Sackfield
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 Points

Just passed it with

    #copyright { border-top: solid 8px #2a0400; }
zachary mitchell
zachary mitchell
2,006 Points
zachary mitchell
zachary mitchell
2,006 Points

that worked. why should i have known that?

zachary mitchell
zachary mitchell
2,006 Points
zachary mitchell
zachary mitchell
2,006 Points

'''#copyright { border-style: solid 8px 0px 0px 0px; border-color: #2A0400; } ''' Am I losing my mind here?!!?!?

Adam Sackfield
Adam Sackfield
Courses Plus Student 19,663 Points

I would have to assume so as I have never seen that entry to border style. The 8px 0px 0px 0 part looks like syntax for box-shadow / text-shadow.

With border just specify the type ie solid, dashed etc, then the thickness then the colour