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CSS How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Center the Wrapper

Posted by Summer Carter
Summer Carter
794 Points

Orange Background

The background color will not change to orange inside of my wrapper.

5 Answers

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

The way you comment in CSS is using /* comments here */. You're actually using the method for commenting in HTML. Just change that up and it should work fine.

a {
  text-decoration: none; /* gets rid of underlines on links */
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px; /* want the width to be no larger than 940px across */
  margin: 0 auto; /* sets margin or spacing around element */
  padding: 0 5%; /* spacing around words; 0 padding on top and bottom, 5% padding to left and right sides of element */
  background: orange; /* orange background */
}
Summer Carter
Summer Carter
794 Points
Summer Carter
Summer Carter
794 Points

a <!-- gets rid of underlines on links--> { text-decoration: none; }

wrapper

{ max-width: 940px; <!-- want the width to be no larger than 940px across--> margin: 0 auto; <!-- sets margin or spacing around element--> padding: 0 5%; <!--spacing around words; 0 padding on top and bottom, 5% padding to left and right sides of element--> background: orange; }

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points
Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
33,856 Points

It's always helpful if you can post your code but below is what you should have.

a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 5%;
  background: orange;
}
Summer Carter
Summer Carter
794 Points

I have that exact code and the background color still will not change:

a <!-- gets rid of underlines on links-->
{
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper 
{
  max-width: 940px; <!-- want the width to be no larger than 940px across-->
  margin: 0 auto; <!-- sets margin or spacing around element-->
  padding: 0 5%; <!--spacing around words; 0 padding on top and bottom, 5% padding to left and right sides of element-->
  background: orange;
}
Matthew Saul
Matthew Saul
11,354 Points
Matthew Saul
Matthew Saul
11,354 Points

Hey Summer,

Post your code in the forum so we can see what's going on. In order to post your code all you need to do is put three back ticks before and after your code snippet. Like this:

h2 {
color: green;
font-size: 20px;
}
Summer Carter
Summer Carter
794 Points

Hi Matt, I just posted it above!

Summer Carter
Summer Carter
794 Points
Summer Carter
Summer Carter
794 Points

thank you!!