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CSS CSS Layout Basics Controlling Layout with CSS Display Modes CSS Display Modes Challenge

Posted by Seth Pabst
Seth Pabst
10,285 Points

whats wrong with this?

my css looks fine but I'm still getting an error

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

.main-nav li {
    display: inline; 
}

header {
  text-align: center;
}

.logo {
  width: 110px;
  margin: auto;
}
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">
        <header>
            <img class="logo" src="city-logo.svg" alt="logo">
            <ul class="main-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>
        </header>
    </div>
    </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Mike Hatch
Mike Hatch
14,940 Points
Mike Hatch
Mike Hatch
14,940 Points

You're very close. Keywords to take a second look at in the Challenge directions are "surrounding content." It's just a matter of changing the value of your display property to something else. There is also inline-block and block. I'd suggest viewing an image of the differences of the three here.