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gregory gordon
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,652 PointsText is grey but i do not have a light grey background around my <p>
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Greg Gordon | Designer</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>Greg Gordon</h1> <h2>Designer</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 modes in photoshop.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt=""> <p>Trying to create a 80s style of glows.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt=""> <p>Drips useing photoshop bruches.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt=""> <p>Creating shapes useing repetition.</p> </a> </li>
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<p>© 2014 Greg Gordon.</p>
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4 Answers
Michael Fish
7,804 PointsI'm not sure if this will help but you could add this:
p { background-color: #bdc3c7; }
gregory gordon
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,652 Pointsthat blocks the text with a grey background.
gregory gordon
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,652 Pointssorry the color is the same as the text nvm haha
Michael Fish
7,804 PointsOk awesome glad I could help
gregory gordon
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,652 Pointsyou help me out i just needed to set a background color to my
gallery li a p {
margin: 0 ; padding: 5% ; font-size: 0.75em; background-color:#f4f4f4; color: #bdc3c7; }
section of code.
Michael Fish
7,804 PointsCool I didn't think I could help anyone out yet I guess I was wrong haha. Could you vote for best answer? If you needed any other help I might be able to help.
Thanks, Mike
gregory gordon
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,652 Pointsyou bet thanks for the help.
Happy Codeing, Greg
Michael Fish
7,804 PointsThanks Greg. Good Luck
gregory gordon
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,652 Pointsgregory gordon
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,652 Points/*************************************** GENERAL ****************************************/ body{ font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; }
wrapper {
max-width: 940px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 5%; }
a { text-decoration: none; }
ul{ list-style:none; }
img { max-width: 100%;
}
/*************************************** Heading ****************************************/
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; }
/*************************************** Navigation ****************************************/
nav{ text-align: center; padding: 10px 0; margin: 20px 0 0; }
/*************************************** Footer ****************************************/ footer{ font-size: 0.75em; text-align: center; clear: both; padding-top: 50px; color: #ccc; }
/*************************************** Pade : 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 devices */ nav{ background-color: #599a68; }
/* logo text */ h1, h2{ color: #fff; }
/* links */ a{ color: #6ab47b; }
/* nav links */ nav a, nav a:visited { color: #fff;
}
/* selected nav link */ nav a.selected, nav a:hover{ color: #32673f; }
i do not recal the step. i kind of just noticed it in the video.