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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Positioning Schemes Positioning Schemes Challenge

Posted by Donald Richmond
Donald Richmond
13,807 Points

What do they mean here by 'setting an offset?'

What do they mean here by asking to set an offset? Is that a margin or some other command?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Positioning</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
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        </header>
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</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.main-header  {position:  relative; }
.main-logo, .main-nav {position:  absolute; }
.main-logo  {margin-top:  25px; margin-left:  25px; }
.main-nav  {margin-bottom:  30px; margin-right:  25px; }

3 Answers

Marc Busby
Marc Busby
35,550 Points
Marc Busby
Marc Busby
35,550 Points

Hi Donald,

You're almost right with the code you have, however an offset is slightly different to a margin. You simply need to say top or left etc. See below:

.main-header  {position:  relative; }
.main-logo, .main-nav {position:  absolute; }
.main-logo  {top:  25px; left:  25px; }
.main-nav  {bottom:  30px; right:  25px; }

Hope this helps!

Regards,

Donald Richmond
Donald Richmond
13,807 Points
Donald Richmond
Donald Richmond
13,807 Points

Thanks, Marc!

Marc Busby
Marc Busby
35,550 Points
Marc Busby
Marc Busby
35,550 Points

No problem :) Remember to up vote answers that solve the issues on the forums :)