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CSS CSS Layout Basics Page Layout with the Float Property Footer Layout with Floats

Timothy Delaney
Timothy Delaney
2,785 Points
Posted by Timothy Delaney
Timothy Delaney
2,785 Points

Trying to apply a clearfix to the footer. What am I doing wrong?

???

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */



.clearfix::after {
  content: "";
  display: table;
  clear: both;
}
.footer-nav {
  float: left;
}
.logo {
  float: right;
}
.footer-nav li {
  float: right;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Getting Started with CSS Layout</title>
    <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Varela+Round' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
    <body>
    <div class="container">
        <footer>
      <div class=footer clearfix>
            <img class="logo" src="city-logo.svg" alt="logo">
            <ul class="footer-nav">
                <li><a href="#">Ice cream</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Donuts</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Tea</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Coffee</a></li>
            </ul>
            <p class="copyright">&copy;2015 The Best City.</p>
        </footer>
    </div>
    </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,608 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,608 Points

You don't need to add a new div inside the footer, just apply the class directly to the footer element.

And remember to enclose your class name(s) in quotes:

        <footer class="clearfix">
Timothy Delaney
Timothy Delaney
2,785 Points
Timothy Delaney
Timothy Delaney
2,785 Points

That did it. Thanks for your help.

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edeharrison
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edeharrison
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,127 Points

Hi Timothy,

In this task, it asks you target the footer tag, not the div with a class of footer. So, in your HTML (don't need to touch your CSS for this one), you need to add a class of "clearfix" to the opening footer tag:

<footer>

You add a class to a tag with this syntax:

<footer class="your-class">

Hope that helps,

Ede

Ryan Peacan
Ryan Peacan
26,764 Points
Ryan Peacan
Ryan Peacan
26,764 Points

It's difficult to tell what you're trying to accomplish due to not knowing what page.css brings to the table, but I did notice some issues with the index.html file, hopefully it helps: 

<div class="container">
      <footer>
            <div class="footer clearfix"> <!-- This line didn't have quotes around the classes -->
                  <img class="logo" src="city-logo.svg" alt="logo" />
                  <ul class="footer-nav">
                        <li><a href="#">Ice cream</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Donuts</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Tea</a></li>
                        <li><a href="#">Coffee</a></li>
                  </ul>
                  <p class="copyright">&copy;2015 The Best City.</p>
            </div> <!-- This div wasn't closed. whoops! -->
      </footer>
</div>