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Rich Braymiller
7,119 PointsWhy isn't my header green?
Okay I do not get why my header isn't green....something is not right...and I am unsure what....
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Rich Braymiller | Designer</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<a href="index.html" id="logo">
<h1>Rich Braymiller</h1>
<h2>Designer</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">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</Nav>
</header>
<div id-"wrapper">
<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>Trying to create an 80's style of glows.</p>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
</div>
</body>
</html>
/****************************************** General *******************************************/
/* site body */ body { background-color: #fff; color: #999; }
body { font-family: 'open sans', sans-serif; }
wrapper {
max-width: 930px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 5%; }
a { text-decoration: none; }
/****************************************** Heading *******************************************/
logo {
text-align:center; margin: 0; }
/* green header*/
/****************************************** Colors *******************************************/
header { color: #6ab47b; border-color: #599a68; }
/* Nav Background on mobile devices */ nav { background: #599a68; }
/* logo text */
h1, h2 { color:#fff; }
/* links */ a { color:#6ab47b; }
/* nav link / nav a, nav a:visited { color: fff; } / selected nav link*/ nav a.selected, nav a:hover { color: #32673f; }
4 Answers
Courtland Santos
8,547 PointsYou need to change "border-color" to "background-color." If you still want to have a border color, then try using the short-code like the following:
header { border : 1px solid #599a68; }
Randall Rego
8,194 PointsI think you added a border-color for your header instead of a background-color.
rydavim
18,814 PointsThe color attribute refers to the text color, and the border-color will only effect the border. Currently I don't see a background color for the header in your CSS.
There are a couple other minor typos that might cause you issues further along:
You want you nav tag to be lowercase.
Your wrapper tag has a dash in there that shouldn't be. Make sure you're always using an ( = ) when assigning IDs and classes.
On your second and third images, your alt text attribute is outside of the img tag. You have an extra ( > ).
In your CSS file, you'll need to use #wrapper to select the wrapper ID tag. It's missing the hash ( # ) at the moment.
katherinevenegas
1,124 Pointsnice. i'm impressed :)
Rich Braymiller
7,119 Pointsthanks so much that did it! Making progress, slowly...