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Posted by Amy Turbyfill
Amy Turbyfill
984 Points

.profile-photo not floating left

this is driving me crazy. i've tried everything I can think of.

@media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
}

  /**********************************
  TWO COLUMN LAYOUT
  ***********************************/

  #primary {
    width: 50%;
    float: left;
  }

  #secondary {
    width: 40%;
    float: right;
  }
}



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

  #gallery li {
    width: 28.3333%;
  }

  #gallery li:nth-child(4n) {
    clear: left;
  }

/**********************************
PAGE: PORTFOLIO
***********************************/  
  .profile-photo {
    float:left;
    margin: 0 5% 80px 0;
  } 
}

@media screen and (min-width: 660px) {

}

/**********************************
HEADER
***********************************/  

  nav {
    background: none;
    float: right;
    font-size: 1.125em;
    margin-right: 5%;
    text-align: right;
    width: 45%;
  }

  #logo {
    float: left;
    margin-left: 5%;
    text-align: left;
    width: 45%;
  }

  h1 {
    font-size: 2.5em;
  }

   h2 {
    font-size: 0.825em;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
  }

  header {
    border-bottom: 5px solid #599a68;
    margin-bottom: 60px;
  }
Jennifer Nordell
seal-mask
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher
Jennifer Nordell
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Try moving your media query to the very bottom of your CSS file. I'm thinking something is overwriting your float.

3 Answers

Amy Turbyfill
Amy Turbyfill
984 Points
Amy Turbyfill
Amy Turbyfill
984 Points

@Jennifer Nordell that was a good idea but it still didn't work :(

Amy Turbyfill
Amy Turbyfill
984 Points
Amy Turbyfill
Amy Turbyfill
984 Points 
@media screen and (max-width: 480px) {
}

  /**********************************
  TWO COLUMN LAYOUT
  ***********************************/

  #primary {
    width: 50%;
    float: left;
  }

  #secondary {
    width: 40%;
    float: right;
  }
}



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

  #gallery li {
    width: 28.3333%;
  }

  #gallery li:nth-child(4n) {
    clear: left;
  }

/**********************************
PAGE: PORTFOLIO
***********************************/  
  .profile-photo {
    float:left;
    margin: 0 5% 80px 0;
  } 
}

@media screen and (min-width: 660px) {

}

/**********************************
HEADER
***********************************/  

  nav {
    background: none;
    float: right;
    font-size: 1.125em;
    margin-right: 5%;
    text-align: right;
    width: 45%;
  }

  #logo {
    float: left;
    margin-left: 5%;
    text-align: left;
    width: 45%;
  }

  h1 {
    font-size: 2.5em;
  }

   h2 {
    font-size: 0.825em;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
  }

  header {
    border-bottom: 5px solid #599a68;
    margin-bottom: 60px;
  }
Jennifer Nordell
seal-mask
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher
Jennifer Nordell
.a{fill-rule:evenodd;}techdegree
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

That's your CSS not your HTML. But I'll do what I can to help. You've got some extraneous closed curly braces to begin with.

  #secondary {
    width: 40%;
    float: right;
  }
} /*  Remove this curly brace */

 .profile-photo {
    float:left;  /* Try adding a space here  ... float: left; */
    margin: 0 5% 80px 0;
  } 
} /* Remove this curly brace */

Also, while CSS isn't generally very picky about spacing ... there are occasions when something won't work because a space is either exists or lacking. Try placing a space between your float:left. Ie float: left.

Amy Turbyfill
Amy Turbyfill
984 Points
Amy Turbyfill
Amy Turbyfill
984 Points

Jennifer Nordell

HTML from my about page: 

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Amy Turbyfill | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400,400italic,700italic,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <link rel="stlyesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Amy Turbyfill</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" >Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html" class="selected">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
          <img src="img/chicken.jpg" alt="photograph of Amy Turbyfill" class="profile-photo">
        <h3>About</h3>
          <p>Hi, I'm Amy Turbyfill! This is my design portfolio where I share all my favorite work. When I'm not designing things, I enjoy exercising, playing video games, drinking good coffee, and more.</p>
        <p>If you'd like to follow me on Twitter, my username is <a href="http://twitter.com/aturbyfi">@aturbyfi</a>.</p>
      </section>
      <footer>
      <a href= "http://twitter.com/aturbyfi"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"  class="social-icon"></a>
      <a href="http://facebook.com/amy.turbyfill"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
      <p>&copy; 2016 Amy Turbyfill.</p>
    </footer>
      </div>
  </body>
</html>