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CSS

Posted by Marshall Wells
Marshall Wells
2,044 Points

smells like bakin final css challenge

I keep getting an error saying I have to use the # symbol then the selector of this div I want to select, to select an ID, and I believe im doing it correctly, I cant see why its saying im doing it wrong.

In the project html it is: div id="copyright"

and in my css im doing:

#copyright {
border-top: 8px #2A0400;
}

but it keeps saying im wrong and to remember to use a # before the content you want to style for ID's.

1 Answer

Chase Lee
Chase Lee
29,275 Points

You need to put solid in between 8px and #2A0400.

Hope that helps.

Marshall Wells
Marshall Wells
2,044 Points

Gah that was it... the faulty error message threw off my focus thanks!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Marshall Wells

the faulty error message

My 2 cents on this is that since CSS doesn't actually have error messages, when doing the code challenges for CSS, I think of the failure messages as generic task failure messages and I usually ignore the actual text.

My debugging process for CSS is:

  • Check it's valid CSS with http://csslint.net/
  • Double check the directions to make sure I'm answering the right question