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Michelle Bourke
4,652 PointsMy CSS code is not centering my footer. I can't work out why :(
GENERAL
*********************************************/
#wrapper {
max-width: 940px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0 5%;
}
a {
text-decoration: none;
}
body {
font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}
/*********************************************
HEADING
*********************************************/
#logo {
text-align: center;
margin: 0;
}
h1 {
font-family: 'Changa One', cursive;
margin: 15px 0;
font-size: 1.75em;
font-weight: normal;
line-height: 0.8em;
}
h2 {
font-size: 0.75em;
margin: -5px 0 0;
font-weight: normal;
}
/*********************************************
NAVIGATION
*********************************************/
nav {
text-align: center;
padding: 10px 0;
margin: 20px 0 0;
}
/*********************************************
FOOTER
*********************************************/
footer {
font-size: 0.75em;
text-align: centre;
padding-top: 50px;
color: #ccc;
}
/*********************************************
COLOURS
*********************************************/
/* site body */
body {
background-color: #fff;
color: #999;
}
/* purple header */
header {
background: #bc82ba;
border-color: #a564a3;
}
/* nav background on mobile devices */
nav {
background: #a564a3;
}
/* logo text */
h1, h2 {
color: #fff;
}
/* link colour*/
a {
color: #bc82ba;
}
/* nav link */
nav a, nav a:visited {
color: #fff;
}
/* selected nav link */
nav a.selected, nav a:hover {
color: #61255f;
}
2 Answers

Andrew Olson
4,028 PointsHi Michelle!
It looks like you have a simple typo in your footer selector.
footer {
font-size: 0.75em;
text-align: centre;
padding-top: 50px;
color: #ccc;
}
Just change centre
to center
and the text should be centered then.

Michelle Bourke
4,652 Pointshaha oh thanks! Damn being Aussie is tough sometimes :D

Andrew Olson
4,028 PointsAwesome! :)