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CSS How to Make a Website Adding Pages to a Website Style New Pages

Michael Beckwith
Michael Beckwith
4,807 Points
Posted by Michael Beckwith
Michael Beckwith
4,807 Points

Quick question about the captions.

On the profile page the captions of the photos have a gray background color and darker gray text. I do not understand what part of my code creates this background color. If anyone can help point this out I would be very grateful. Thank you.

Here is my code: 

/*******************************
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%;
}


/*******************************
HEADINGS
********************************/

header {
  float:left;
  margin: 0 0 30px 0;
  padding: 5px 0 0 0;
  width: 100%;
}


#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1 {
  font-family: 'Changa One', 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: 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 p {
  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 devices*/
nav {
  background: #599a68;
}

/*logo text*/
h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

a {
  color: #6ab47b;
}

/*nav link*/
nav a, nav a:visited {
  color: #fff;

}

/*selected nav link*/
nav a.selected, nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

1 Answer

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Hi Michael,

It's this rule:

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin:2.5%;
  background-color: #f5f5f5; /* This code right here! */
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

The entire li element has a grey background, including behind the photo (you just can't see it, because there's a photo there!

-Greg