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Nicole Baldauf
1,657 PointsThe background color would not change
Hi there, my background color does not change, can anybody help? Thanks in advance! :)
This is my css code: a {text-decoration:none}
wrapper {
max-width:940px; margin: 0 auto; padding:0 5%; }
logo {
text-align:center; margin=0; }
a { color:#7a4b8f }
header{ background:#7a4b8f }
footer{ background:#7a4b8f }
2 Answers
Louise Karlund
4,393 PointsHi Nicole,
it looks as though you have some syntax issues.
There has to be a semi-colon ; after the value.
so if you want to change your background it should be:
header {
background: #7a4b8f ;
}
if you don't add the ; after the value the browser won't understand it and will just ignore it.
Liam English
3,837 PointsHi Nicole, as Louise has previously mentioned, you have some syntax issues in your CSS file.
Most of the issues are missing semi-colons at the end of your declarations. You have also missed out the # symbol that needs to be used in front of your selector ID's (wrapper and logo) - unless they have been omitted due to a comment format problem :).
a {
text-decoration:none ;
}
#wrapper {
max-width:940px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0 5%;
}
#logo {
text-align: center;
margin=0;
}
a {
color: #7a4b8f ;
}
header{
background: #7a4b8f ;
}
footer{
background :#7a4b8f ;
}