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CSS

Posted by ramseydennis
ramseydennis
4,530 Points

Why don't my gallery photos separate into three columns like Nick's do?

I feel as though I have the same code as Nick, but my gallery photos do not separate into three columns like Nick's - can anyone see what I'm doing wrong?

Here's a direct link to my code:

https://w.trhou.se/hz24k07jdm

Here's what I'm referencing specifically:

HTML:

 <section>
      <ul id="gallery">
        <li>
          <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
            <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
            <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
          </a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
            <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
            <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
          </a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
            <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
            <p>Drips created using Photoshop.</p>
          </a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
            <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
            <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p>
          </a>
        </li>
        <li>
          <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
            <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
            <p>Creating shapes using repetition.</p>
          </a>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </section>

CSS:

#gallery li {
  width: 28.3333%;
}

Thanks -

2 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi ramseydennis,

You have 2 extra closing curly braces in your 480px media query.

Here's your css with some comments I added in:

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) {

  /************************
      TWO COLUMN LAYOUT
*************************/

  #primary {
    width: 50%;
    float: left; 
  }

  #secondary {
    width: 40%;
    float: right;
    }
  } /* This is extra, remove */

} /* This is extra, remove */

/************************
  3*5 = 15
100%-15%=85%
85/3= 28.333333333333333
*************************/

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

#gallery li {
  width: 28.3333%;
}

} /* This one closes off the 480px media query */
ramseydennis
ramseydennis
4,530 Points

Great, thank you Jason. That worked -

Ernestas Sipavicius
Ernestas Sipavicius
6,327 Points
Ernestas Sipavicius
Ernestas Sipavicius
6,327 Points

Try

#gallery li {
  width: 28.3333%;
  Float: left;
}