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Cheryl Macatangay
Cheryl Macatangay
733 Points

No space below h2

I followed the tutorial where I added "margin: 0 0 30px 0;" to the header but the 30px on the bottom is not showing and there is no space below the text... should I update the h2 in the CSS?

2 Answers

Justin Hicks
Justin Hicks
14,290 Points

could you add your code so I can assess

Cheryl Macatangay
Cheryl Macatangay
733 Points

CSS: /*********************** GENERAL ***********************/

body { font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif; }

wrapper {

max-width: 940px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 5%; }

a { text-decoration: none; }

img { max-width: 100%; }

/*********************** HEADING ***********************/

header { float: left; margin: 0 0 30px 0; padding: 5px 0 0 0; width: 100%; }

logo {

text-align: center; margin: 0; }

h1 { font-family: 'Roboto Slab', serif; margin: 15px 0; font-size: 1.75em; font-weight: 400; line-height: 0.8em; }

h2 { font-size: 0.75em; margin: -5px 0 0 0; font-weight: 400; }

/*********************** NAVIGATION ***********************/

nav { text-align: center; padding: 10px 0; margin 20px 0 0; }

/*********************** FOOTER ***********************/

footer { font-size: 0.75em; text-align: center; clear: both; padding-top: 50px; color: #ccc; }

/*********************** PAGE: PORTFOLIO ***********************/

gallery {

margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; }

gallery li {

float: left; width: 45%; margin: 2.5%; background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #bdc3c7; }

gallery li a p {

margin: 0; padding: 5%; font-size: 0.75em; color: #bdc3c7; }

/*********************** COLORS ***********************/

/* site body */ body { background-color: #fff; color: #999; }

/* green header */ header { background: #6ab47b; border-color: #599a68; }

/* nav background on mobile */ nav { background: #599a68; }

/* logo text */ h1, h2 { color: #fff; }

/* links */ a { color: #6ab47b; }

/* nav link */ nav a, nav a:visited { color: #fff; }

/* selected nav link */ nav a.selected, nav a:hover { color: #32673f; }

Cheryl Macatangay
Cheryl Macatangay
733 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Cheryl Macatangay | Designer</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto+Slab:400,300,700|Roboto:400,300,500,100,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html" id="logo"> <h1>Cheryl Macatangay</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 id="gallery"> <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://instagram.com/che_snaps"><img src="img/instagram-wrap.png" alt="Instagram Logo"></a> <a href="http://facebook.com/hayycheche"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a> <p>© 2016 Cheryl Macatangay</p> </footer> </div> </body> </html>

Cheryl Macatangay
Cheryl Macatangay
733 Points

I checked in with a programmer in my team to look at my code and he said I was doing everything right. I ended up adding another CSS style. Not sure why it wasn't working before when I followed everything Nick did!

header h2 { margin-bottom: 20px; }

Shane Oliver
Shane Oliver
19,977 Points

You have written the style correctly ie that should give a margin on the bottom of 30px. Make sure you have added it to the correct element and you are calling the element correctly

header { margin: 0 0 30px 0; }
Cheryl Macatangay
Cheryl Macatangay
733 Points

I checked in with a programmer in my team to look at my code and he said I was doing everything right. I ended up adding another CSS style. Not sure why it wasn't working before when I followed everything Nick did!

header h2 { margin-bottom: 20px; }