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HTML How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Style the Basic Elements

Posted by Gidon Urs Bohnacker
Gidon Urs Bohnacker
677 Points

max-width and linked from html and css doesnt wokr

I tipped in corectly but it is still telling my i have to check max-width? I also linked html with css but it isnt displaying it at all.

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;

# wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  }
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</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 in Photoshop.</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>Drips created using 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="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2014 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
Michaela Babic
Michaela Babic
7,720 Points
Michaela Babic
Michaela Babic
7,720 Points

Could it be that you have a space between your # and wrapper in your selector?

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

It looks like you have a typo.

There seems to be a stray space between the "#" character and the ID name. Also the "a" rule above that seems to be missing the closing brace.

a {
  text-decoration: none;
}                    /* <- add closing brace */

#wrapper {           /* <- remove space between "#" and "wrapper" */
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
Gidon Urs Bohnacker
Gidon Urs Bohnacker
677 Points
Gidon Urs Bohnacker
Gidon Urs Bohnacker
677 Points

Thanks a lot for the fast answer! But still my css isnt linked to my html. I don`t see the changes i made in my css code when i refresh the page in the web browser.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

:warning: In a challenge, if you refresh the browser page it will restart the challenge at the beginning.

If you want to see the effects of the challenge tasks you complete, use the "Preview" button instead.

Gidon Urs Bohnacker
Gidon Urs Bohnacker
677 Points
Gidon Urs Bohnacker
Gidon Urs Bohnacker
677 Points

Im doing the challange at the same time in an workspace and there i dont see the change as well.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,644 Points

In general, I would recommend against copying challenges to workspaces, some challenges may use resources that they don't show you but don't impact the instructions. It can also cause confusion between "code that works" and "code that passes the challenge".

You might get this particular one to work, but be sure to place the CSS file in a subfolder named "css", since that's where it is loaded from.