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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Make It Beautiful With CSS Adding a Style to several Elements using Class

Posted by Rausha Willis
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Rausha Willis
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 724 Points

using the CSS file, how do you put padding and a margin in

I'm stuck on how to put a margin and padding

index.html 
<!doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>List Example</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
  </head>
  <body>

   <a href="#" class="social-links">Follow me on Twitter!</a>
   <a href="#" class="social-links">Send me an Email!</a>

  </body>
</html>
styles.css 
}
.social-links  {
  padding: 15px;
  margin: 10px;
}

2 Answers

Jerehme Gayle
Jerehme Gayle
5,206 Points
Jerehme Gayle
Jerehme Gayle
5,206 Points

Hello Rausha,

Your code is correct, however, you have a closing curly brace at the top of your screen which is probably causing you to fail try removing it and your code should pass.

Below is your code without the curly brace.

.social-links {
  padding: 15px;
  margin: 10px;
}
Rausha Willis
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Rausha Willis
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 724 Points
Rausha Willis
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Rausha Willis
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 724 Points

thank you