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CSS

Posted by Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
1,624 Points

tasks asks other code than explained in video

Hi, guys. I just started here and I´m currently doing the task for adding colors and backgrounds in css. But the challenge asks slightly other codes as described in the video-tutorial. Like: Adding a semicolon or write 'url()' instead of url(''). When I code as said in the tutorial my browser shows everything as it has to be.

Can somebody help me? Is there a bug or am I doing something wrong in the challenges?

7 Answers

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

@Pia -

The exercise instructions:

Add the background texture.png from inside the img folder and set the background to repeat.

What these instructions are saying is to add a background image located in the folder img with the filename of texture.png and set it to repeat.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

Can you post the code you are trying to use, so we can see the bigger picture.

Remember to indent the your code by 4 spaces when you post it to the forum, so the forum software will format your code correctly.

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
1,624 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
1,624 Points

This is what I write in the challenge:

/* Write your CSS below */

body {

font-family: 'Nunito', sans-serif;

color: #FAF3BC;

background: #420600 url('img/bg-texture.jpg') repeat;

}

After klicking on "Check my work" it says:

"....use 'url()'...."

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
1,624 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
1,624 Points

aaah. I got it! Thank you very much. The "use 'url()'" totally confused me.

Thanks!

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

@Pia - You're quite welcome.

Those messages are not so much errors as they are hints.

The code challenge engine tries to guess what mistake there is in your code, and then offers a generic hint, sometimes overly so.

Claire Walker
Claire Walker
458 Points
Claire Walker
Claire Walker
458 Points

This still isn't working for me I type ('img/texture.png') and it says it is wrong.

James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points
James Barnett
James Barnett
39,199 Points

@Claire - Can you post the code you are using, here on the forum preferably in a new thread (as this is Pia's thread and her issue as been resolved).