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HTML How to Make a Website Customizing Colors and Fonts Resize Text

Darrius Rankin
Darrius Rankin
688 Points
Posted by Darrius Rankin
Darrius Rankin
688 Points

Why is my logo and nav not centered?

Both are off to the left instead of the center. They are center aligned but not in the middle of the site. To my knowledge my code is the same as in the video. I'm using Chrome.

Ryan Rankin
Ryan Rankin
8,261 Points
Ryan Rankin
Ryan Rankin
8,261 Points

Hey Darrius! Could you post your code here so I may review it?

Darrius Rankin
Darrius Rankin
688 Points
Darrius Rankin
Darrius Rankin
688 Points

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

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

wrapper {

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

a { text-decoration: none; }

/*********************/ HEADING /*********************/

logo {

text-align: center; margin: 0; }

h1 { font-family: 'Changa One', 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; }

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

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

/*********************/ COLORS /*********************/

/* site body */

body { background-color: #fff; color: #999; }

/* green header */

header { background: #6ab47b; border-color: #599a68; }

/* nav background on mobile */

nav { background: #599a68; }

/* logo text */

h1, h2 { color: #fff; }

a { color: #6ab47b; }

/* nav link */

nav a, nav a:visited { color: #fff; }

/* selected nav link */

nav a.selected, nav a:hover { color: #32673f; }

Index

<header>
  <a href="index.html" id="logo">
    <h1>Darrius Rankin</h1>
    <h2>Graphic Designer &amp; Illustrator</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>

2 Answers

Ryan Rankin
Ryan Rankin
8,261 Points
Ryan Rankin
Ryan Rankin
8,261 Points

I apologize for taking so long to get back to you. Had some errands to run. Hopefully you continued on with the lesson and found your answer. You're not quite to the part in the lesson where that styling comes in yet. It will be done using a few styling rules. i.e with floats, inline block displays, margin, padding, and max-width. You'll learn best from the video instead of me explaining it you here. Don't worry, he covers this in some upcoming videos. Its just one step at a time. Good luck and happy coding!

Darrius Rankin
Darrius Rankin
688 Points
Darrius Rankin
Darrius Rankin
688 Points

I figured it out. I messed up the comments in the css.

Thanks.