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Posted by Jesse Simpson
Jesse Simpson
1,421 Points

White bar above header

After adding a short sentence to explain why the pictures are there, a white bar appeared above my header, as seen in the image. Any ideas how to fix this? http://i.imgur.com/XtxpkIY.png

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Jesse Simpson | Programmer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Rubik:400,400italic,700,700italic,900|Kanit:400,400italic,700,700italic' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Jesse Simpson</h1>
        <h2>Programmer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
           <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
           <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section id "primary">
        <p>I am currently learning the languages listed below:</p>
      </section>
      <section id "secondary">
        <ul id="gallery">
          <li>
            <a href="img/javascript.png">
              <img src="img/javascript.png" alt="">
              <p>Javascript</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/html.png">
              <img src="img/html.png" alt="">
              <p>HTML</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/css.png">
              <img src="img/css.png" alt="">
              <p>CSS</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/ruby.png">
              <img src="img/ruby.png" alt="">
              <p>Ruby</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2015 Jesse Simpson</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

/*****************************
GENERAL
*****************************/

body {
  font-family: 'Kanit', sans-serif;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 5%;
}

a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

/*****************************
HEADER
*****************************/

header {
  float: left;
  margin: 0 0 30px 0;
  padding: 5px 0 0 0;
  width: 100%;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1 {
  font-family: 'Rubik', sans-serif;
  margin: 15px 0;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 0.8em;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 0.75em;
  margin: -5px 0 0;
  font-weight: normal;
}


/*****************************
NAVIGATION
*****************************/

nav { 
  text-align: center;
  padding: 10px 0;
  margin: 20px 0 0;
}

nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 10px;
  padding 0;
}

nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

nav a {
  font-weight: 700;
  padding: 15px 10px;
}


/*****************************
FOOTER
*****************************/

footer {
  font-size: 0.75em;
  text-align: center;
  clear: both;
  padding-top: 50px;
  color: #ccc;
}

.social-icon {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  margin: 0 5px;
}


/*****************************
PAGE: PORTFOLIO
*****************************/

#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

#gallery li a p {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 5%;
  font-size: 0.75em;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

h3 {
  margin: 0 0 1em 0;
}

/*****************************
PAGE: ABOUT
*****************************/

.profile-picture {
  display: block;
  max-width: 150px;
  margin: 0 auto 30px;
  border-radius: 100%;
}


/*****************************
PAGE: CONTACT
*****************************/

.contact-info {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 1.1em;
}

.contact-info a {
  display: block;
  min-height: 20px;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: 20px 20px;
  padding: 0 0 0 30px;
  margin: 0 0 10px;
}

.contact-info li.phone a {
  background-image: url('../img/phone.png');
}

.contact-info li.mail a {
  background-image: url('../img/mail.png');
}


/*****************************
COLOURS
*****************************/

/* site body */
body {
  background-color: #fff;
  color: #999;
}

/*green header */
header {
  background: #006600;
  border-color:#006600;
}

/* nav background */
nav {
  background: #008000;
}

/* logo text */
h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

/* links */
a {
  color: #006600;
}

/* nav link */
nav a, nav a:visited {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a.selected, nav a:hover {
  color: #003300;
}
Dan Whiting
Dan Whiting
12,661 Points

You could always use {position:fixed} to your nav bar to keep it on top.

Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,847 Points

I cleaned up your code blocks slightly. The language must be noted on the same line as the tick marks.

1 Answer

Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,847 Points

Looks like you've got some collapsing/overlapping element problems. Try adding clear:both; to #wrapper to make sure things stay where they should.

Jesse Simpson
Jesse Simpson
1,421 Points

clear:both nailed it, thanks!