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Mona Jalal
4,302 Pointswhy my code doesn't work?
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.container { width : 80%; margin: auto; }
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Getting Started with CSS Layout</title>
<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Varela+Round' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<header>
<h1>Best City Guide</h1>
</header>
<div class="main">
<h2>Welcome!</h2>
<p>Dessert toffee chocolate lollipop fruitcake cake sweet. Pudding cotton candy chocolate pudding liquorice jelly marzipan. Muffin gummies topping lollipop. Caramels chocolate cake donut liquorice.</p>
<p>Cake sesame snaps sweet tart candy canes tiramisu I love oat cake chocolate bar. Jelly beans pastry brownie sugar plum pastry bear claw tiramisu tootsie roll.</p>
</div>
<footer>
<p>©2015 Residents of The Best City.</p>
</footer>
</div>
</body>
</html>
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.container {
width : 80%;
margin: auto;
}
1 Answer
charricefx
7,114 PointsYou have a gap between the "width" and colon. Reduce the whitespace. You can space properties and its values on any program language but not on stylesheets.
Mona Jalal
4,302 PointsMona Jalal
4,302 Pointsgoodness :P