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Alex Erickson
5,665 PointsPortfolio: why do my columns look weird?
So after floating the images on my portfolio page, there is still a big space between my second and third images. This happens no matter what order the images are in, so I don't think it can be a property of the image size. I've messed around with both the html and the css, and gone back in the videos to make sure my code is as close to the videos as possible, but it's still wonky. Here's my code; why does it look like this?
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Julian Gutierrez
19,325 PointsThe problem is caused by the size of the images. Since the first image is taller than the second the third floated image is being forced by the float to take up the space left. To get it to skip down look into clearing your floats. This article at css tricks does a good job of explaining said situation. Float Explanation