"Working With Grids" Lesson: Margin Problem

http://codepen.io/anon/pen/Ajzxh

Go to this link, it shows my code that is inside of the container class div.

as long as you add the

.container {
margin: 5%;
}

after any other reference to another margin, the .container should over ride the others as css always defers to the element lowest down your page.

Eddie,

Really no need to say sorry, we've all been there, i watched the html & css tutorials 3 times before i was comftable with them.

its like trying to talk in a new language before you've learned it :)

my best advice is to change things 1 thing at a time then look to see how it changes your site, learn by doing.

Put big margins in the grid.css file and see how things change.

check to see if the file is linked properly to your html page.

copy the grid.css from its page and paste it into your style.css page (at the top) and see if anything changes.

good luck Eddie.

Hey Eddie,

When I checked out your Codepen code, there doesn't seem to be any CSS, only the HTML. Also, in the HTML, you are missing the head element in which to put a link to the grid.css, once you get that up and running together with your HTML.

My suggestion is to go back and watch the same videos again and also to take full advantage of and study the Codepen codes provided. That's how I've been able to more fully understand the material myself.

I agree with Wayne about learning and understanding new things taking more time than we might like them to, but just keep trying until you get it right. When you do eventually get it, you won't soon forget it :)