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CSS How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Resize Text

Posted by Amon Dow III
Amon Dow III
4,086 Points

my header border is not extenting across the full website like nick in the video the a small space between sides

can someone help me my code is the exact same as nick in the video but for some reason my header border does not go across the whole page like in the video the follow is the code that apply to the header 

 header{
    background: #6ab47b;
    border-color: #599a68;

}
    nav {
    background: #599A68;
}
Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

can you post a snapshot of your workspace

2 Answers

Andres Altuve
Andres Altuve
16,274 Points
Andres Altuve
Andres Altuve
16,274 Points

Try this:

            header{width:100%; background: #6ab47b; border-color: #599a68;}
            nav { background: #599A68; }
Amon Dow III
Amon Dow III
4,086 Points

I try this for some reason this didn't work either

Amon Dow III
Amon Dow III
4,086 Points

I try this for some reason this didn't work either

Amon Dow III
Amon Dow III
4,086 Points

I try this for some reason this didn't work either

Andres Altuve
Andres Altuve
16,274 Points
Andres Altuve
Andres Altuve
16,274 Points

Could you please share the html and CSS to try to figure out whats going on..

Amon Dow III
Amon Dow III
4,086 Points

sure but for some reason every time i try to display it never display properly