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HTML How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Take a Mobile-First Approach

Posted by abdiwahab abdullah
abdiwahab abdullah
248 Points

Select the ID wrapper, set it to a max width of 940 pixels, and then center it on the page using the margin property.

Select the ID wrapper, set it to a max width of 940 pixels, and then center it on the page using the margin property.

Marco Boretto
Marco Boretto
29,821 Points
Marco Boretto
Marco Boretto
29,821 Points

not really sure if it's a question but

#wrapper {
max-width:940px;
margin:0 auto;
}
Stephen Beckstrand
Stephen Beckstrand
11,169 Points
Stephen Beckstrand
Stephen Beckstrand
11,169 Points

With it being an id, it needs a hash tag first:

#wrapper {
    max-width: 940px;
    margin: 0 auto;
}

1 Answer

Stephen Beckstrand
Stephen Beckstrand
11,169 Points
Stephen Beckstrand
Stephen Beckstrand
11,169 Points

It's just asking you to define an ID with the name 'wrapper'. It looks like this: 

#wrapper {
    max-width: 940px;
    margin: 0 auto;
}