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

Posted by Paulo Tiba
Paulo Tiba
794 Points

so not working the header tag does not have class or id to run the css ??

Text is all out of place

Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
25,165 Points
Tom Checkley
Tom Checkley
25,165 Points

could you put you're code up so we can see whats happening?

Paulo Tiba
Paulo Tiba
794 Points 
header {
  float:left;
  margin:0 0 30px 0;
  padding: 0 ;
  width: 100%;
}

Problem of code with the navigation part

Craig Watson
Craig Watson
27,930 Points

Hi Paulo,

have you managed to get to the bottom of this ?

Craig

PS. I hope you don't mind I added some markdown to your comment for a little easier reading :) for tips on markdown have a quick read of the markdown cheatsheet links are available below comments and answers wen typing them :)

1 Answer

Ted Sumner
PLUS
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points
Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

You can style the html element directly by stating its name in the css without anything in front of it. That is my preferred method of styling so I have a consistent across my page. I use classes then IDs for more specific styling issues.