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CSS How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Build Navigation with Unordered Lists

Posted by Patrick Stedman
Patrick Stedman
1,598 Points

Preview not reflecting code...

I've been following along with Nick so not sure what the problem is, but some of the changes I've made as we've been building the website haven't been reflected in the code. I've checked it out myself but nothing seems to be different. Anyway I've cleared my cache and it hasn't made a difference. Any help or insight would be appreciated. FYI I'm using Safari as my browser.

Patrick Stedman
Patrick Stedman
1,598 Points 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Noto+Serif|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,800,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</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>
          <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://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2014 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

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

body {
  font-family: 'Open 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: 'Noto Serif', 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: center;
  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 pa {
  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;
}

2 Answers

chris slaats
chris slaats
5,996 Points
chris slaats
chris slaats
5,996 Points

Just had a close look over your code. The only problem i could find was something very simple. You missed a : in your code

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

#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding 0;      <-------
  list-style: none;
}

If you look closely its missing in the padding which will mess with your code a bit. fix that little error and see how you go.

Patrick Stedman
Patrick Stedman
1,598 Points

Thanks Chris. That was helpful. I think the biggest problem ended up being that my html must have not been saved at some point, so I didn't have my unordered lists identified as gallery anymore in the code. Not sure how that happened but both fixing that and your suggestion helped immensely. Back on track :)

chris slaats
chris slaats
5,996 Points
chris slaats
chris slaats
5,996 Points

commenting your code here aswell will allow others to read over your work and pick up things you might have missed. if your unsure how to do this correctly read this post it should be helpful. https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/posting-code-to-the-forum

Patrick Stedman
Patrick Stedman
1,598 Points

Thanks I've attached it now to the original comment.

chris slaats
chris slaats
5,996 Points
chris slaats
chris slaats
5,996 Points

Which bit exactly are you having a problem with?