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CSS How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Polish the Navigation and Footer

Posted by Nikolai Calder
Nikolai Calder
4,096 Points

.social-icons

whenever i apply the changes to my css file the icons remain the same size. I made sure to check for typos or if i saved the changes but nothing works

Dean Wagman
Dean Wagman
21,591 Points
Dean Wagman
Dean Wagman
21,591 Points

Hi Nikolai,

Could you provide your code?

2 Answers

Ryan Carson
Ryan Carson
23,286 Points

It could be that your HTML file isn't correctly linked to your CSS file

Nikolai Calder
Nikolai Calder
4,096 Points
Nikolai Calder
Nikolai Calder
4,096 Points 
.social-icon {
 width: 20px;
 height: 20px;    
 margin: 0 5px;  
}

<a href = "http://twitter.com/nikocal17"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
<a href = "http://facebook.com/niko.calder"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>