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CSS

Posted by Danny McVey
Danny McVey
2,386 Points

Spacing Issues

Having trouble aligning my nav and wrapper sections with my name at the top...

Visual (I can't figure out how to post images here): http://www.imagebam.com/image/30e6b3349098648

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Danny McVey | Front-End Web Developer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>

    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Danny McVey</h1>
        <h2>Front-End Web Developer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>

    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul id="gallery">
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending mode in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Creating shapes using repitition.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com">
          <img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter logo" class="social-icon">
        </a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com">
          <img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook logo" class="social-icon">
        </a>
        <p>
          &copy; 2014 Danny McVey
        </p>
      </footer>
    </div>

  </body>
</html>

/******************************************

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%;
}



/******************************************

HEADING

******************************************/

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;
}



/******************************************

MAVIGATION

******************************************/

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 */
nav {
  background: #599a68;
}

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

/* links */
a {
  color: #6ab47b;
}

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

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

2 Answers

Simon Klit
Simon Klit
1,686 Points

Hi Danny,

After scratching my head in confusion, I managed to find the problem. Line 76, you've placed a semi-colon instead of a colon when defining the padding of "nav ul".

nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 10px;
  padding; 0;
}

Should be:

nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 10px;
  padding: 0;
}

Cheers. :)

Danny McVey
Danny McVey
2,386 Points

My debugging cherry has officially been popped. Thanks for being gentle! :P

Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson
7,625 Points
Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson
7,625 Points

Here's what I'm seeing:

Preview

It seems like it's right. What were you hoping to do in terms of alignment on it?

Simon Klit
Simon Klit
1,686 Points

If you look closely, you can see that the "Danny McVey" part is a little too much to the left, compared to how it ought to be.

For comparison: comparison