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HTML

Posted by Jodie Wong
Jodie Wong
3,522 Points

Portfolio about and contact won't center

Hi I can't seem to get the portfolio, about and contact links to center like in Nick's video. Here's my nav element in the HTML code:

        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contac.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>      
      </nav>

Here's the CSS:

/**************************
GENERAL
***************************/

body {
  font-family: 'Quattrocento Sans', 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: 'Exo', sans-serif;
  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: centre;
  padding: 10px 0;
  margin: 20px 0 0;
}

nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 10px;
  padding: 0;

}

nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

nav a {
  font-weight: 800;
  padding: 15px 10px;
}

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

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

.social-icon {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  margin: 0 5px;
}




/**************************
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: 0.75dm;
  color: #bdc3c7
}

/**************************
COLOURS
***************************/

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

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

/* nav backgound 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;
}

4 Answers

Dean Wagman
Dean Wagman
21,591 Points
Dean Wagman
Dean Wagman
21,591 Points

Might want to check your CSS code under Navigation. Specifically the part where you are styling the nav element.

Deborah Ragas
Deborah Ragas
5,049 Points
Deborah Ragas
Deborah Ragas
5,049 Points

You typoed "centre" for "center." Also contac.html should probably be contact.html.

George Elias
George Elias
3,015 Points
George Elias
George Elias
3,015 Points

You made a small typo, replace centre by center here:

 nav {
  text-align: centre;
  padding: 10px 0;
  margin: 20px 0 0;
}
Charles Gray
Charles Gray
19,470 Points
Charles Gray
Charles Gray
19,470 Points

<li><a href="contac.html">Contact</a></li> contact.html instead of contac

if you want something to center you can't float:left

gallery li {

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