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CSS CSS Foundations Backgrounds and Borders Advanced Backgrounds

Posted by bkjpkfikxu
bkjpkfikxu
2,303 Points

Trouble passing backgrounds and borders code challenge

I'm having trouble passing the advanced backgrounds code challenge in the backgrounds and borders section. Can anyone see what's wrong with this code? Here it is:

Thanks for helping :)

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Multiple Background Images</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="sketch"></div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */

.sketch {
    background: url('img/texture.jpg') #EED293, url('img/pencil.png') no-repeat left bottom, url('img/smiley.png') no-repeat right top;
}

Edit: Here's the link to the exercise, if it helps: https://teamtreehouse.com/library/css-foundations/backgrounds-and-borders/advanced-backgrounds

1 Answer

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points
Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points

Backgrounds go from top to bottom. The first property set is on top, the last property set is on the bottom. So if you have url('img/texture.jpg') #EED293 first, that is going to be the top most background and it will actually cover up the other images.

.sketch {
    background:  url('img/pencil.png') left bottom no-repeat,
                 url('img/smiley.png') right top no-repeat, 
                 url('img/texture.jpg') #EED293;
}
bkjpkfikxu
bkjpkfikxu
2,303 Points

Ah, I see. That did it, thanks!

Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points
Colin Bell
Colin Bell
29,679 Points

No problem. I like putting each layer on it's own line. It makes more sense visually since the top layer is on top, the bottom layer is on the bottom - like a tower, of sorts. If that makes sense, haha.

bkjpkfikxu
bkjpkfikxu
2,303 Points

Yeah. I was doing it that way at first, but then I thought that might be what was causing the problem (maybe there can't be extra whitespace?), so I put them all on the same line. I see how it makes more sense to do it that way, that's helpful.