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Advaith Thachat
4,814 PointsWhite space on the left side and right side of the Portfolio Project.
Even though i have written the same code as the teacher had told to there is a margin on either side of my header but there is no side margin on the header from teacher's preview.
5 Answers
Leanne D
4,550 PointsHi Advaith, it's you're body. By default this has a margin. Enter the text at the top of your code:
body { margin: 0; }
Hope this helps.
Muhamed Asil
7,453 Pointsshare the codes here or take screenshots
Advaith Thachat
4,814 Pointsa {
text-decoration: none;
}
#wrapper {
max-width: 940px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0 5%;
}
#logo {
text-align: center;
margin: 0;
}
a {
color: #6ab47b;
}
header {
background: #6ab47b;
border-color: #599a68;
}
h1, h2 {
color: #fff;
}
nav {
background: #599a68;
}
nav a, nav a:visited {
color: #fff;
}
nav a.selected {
color: #32673f;
}```
Advaith Thachat
4,814 Points<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
<link rel ="stylesheet" href="main.css">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<a href="index.html" id="logo">
<h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
<h2>Designer</h2>
</a>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html" class="seleted">Portfolio</a></li>
<li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
<li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<section>
<div id="wrapper">
<ul>
<li>
<a href="img/number-01.jpg">
<img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
<p>Experimentation with color annd texture</p>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="img/number-02.jpg">
<img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
<p>Playing with blending nodes in photoshop</p>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="img/number-06.jpg">
<img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
<p>Trying to create an 80's style glows.</p>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="img/number-09.jpg">
<img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
<p>Drips created using photoshop brushes</p>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="img/number-12.jpg">
<img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
<p>Creating shapes with rpetition.</p>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</section>
<footer>
<a href=http://twitter.com/advaiththachat><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
<a href="http://facebook.com/advaiththachat" ><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a>
<p>© 2014 Nick Pettit</p>
</footer>
</body>
</html>
Muhamed Asil
7,453 PointsYou should delete the brackets (```) in the end line then check
Advaith Thachat
4,814 Pointsi put that to make the code appear here there were not before...
Muhamed Asil
7,453 Pointsoh sorry
finally the mistake in line number 6 in index.html you should add the full directory location (css file)
edit it to be:
<link rel ="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
good luck =)
Leanne D
4,550 PointsDid you fix this Advaith?
Advaith Thachat
4,814 PointsNo!
Advaith Thachat
4,814 PointsNo!
Advaith Thachat
4,814 PointsAdvaith Thachat
4,814 PointsI also thought that but there is no body rule written in the teachers stylesheet! teacher's preview didn't have space on right and left side!!!!