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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Gradients

Irina Ifrim
Irina Ifrim
3,300 Points
Posted by Irina Ifrim
Irina Ifrim
3,300 Points

What am I doing wrong?

I used the firs color stop steelblue and the second color stop to darkslateblue so why is this not correct?

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.main-header {
    background-image: linear-gradient(to top, blue, steelblue, pink, darkslateblue);
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1 class="main-heading">Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>

        <div class="primary-content">
            <p class="intro">
                Lake Tahoe is one of the most breathtaking attractions located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
            </p>
            <a class="callout" href="#more">Find out more</a>
        </div><!-- End .primary-content -->
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Abbey Tipton
Abbey Tipton
16,846 Points
Abbey Tipton
Abbey Tipton
16,846 Points

Hi there! It looks like you are close with your CSS, and you have added the class of main-header correctly, as well as adding the background-image and linear-gradient. Great job! Inside your (), however, you need to only designate two colors, like this: 

.main-header {
  background-image: linear-gradient(to top, steelblue, darkslateblue);
}

I hope that helps!

Irina Ifrim
Irina Ifrim
3,300 Points
Irina Ifrim
Irina Ifrim
3,300 Points

Hello! Thanks for the answer! I got to using 4 colors after i used just the two colors in the task. This was one of my many attempts. In the end I think there is a bug because it only worked after a change the direction value I had to "to top" required by the task 4.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

It looks like you have four color stops here, and the first one is just ordinary "blue":

.main-header {
    background-image: linear-gradient(to top, blue, steelblue, pink, darkslateblue);
}

If you get rid of "blue" and "pink" (the ones not asked for by the instructions) you'll pass task 3.

It also looks like you have part of task 4 here, but to pass that you'll also need to add a percentage value.