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HTML How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets What is CSS?

Posted by Thaer AboAbdo
Thaer AboAbdo
1,438 Points

Footer background color won't change completely

I added an Instagram badge (downloaded from Instagram) in its original size the footer background color changes completely. However, if I resize it to 60px the footer background color won't change behind it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Mustafa Abdo | Web Development</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <style>
      footer {
        color: white;
        background-color: orange;
      }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html">
        <h1>Mustafa Abdo</h1>
        <h2>Web Development</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> 
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <section>
      <ul>
        <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>
        <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 repetion.</p>
          </a>
        </li>
      </ul>
    </section>
    <footer>
      <a href="https://twitter.com/MAA_webdesigns"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt"Twitter Logo"></a>
      <a href="https://www.facebook.com/people/Maa-Webdesigns/100010361464895"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt"Facebook Logo"></a>
      <a href="https://instagram.com/maawebdesigns/"><img src="img/instagram-glyph.png" alt"Instagram Logo"></a>
      <a href="https://instagram.com/maawebdesigns/"><img src="img/instagram-glyph1.png" alt"Instagram Logo"></a>
      <p>&copy; 2015 Mustafa Abdo</p>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
Aaron Wuerch
Aaron Wuerch
7,024 Points
Aaron Wuerch
Aaron Wuerch
7,024 Points

please send us a code snippet or a link to your workspace

1 Answer

miikis
miikis
44,957 Points
miikis
miikis
44,957 Points

Hey Thaer,

You should post your code and provide a link to the image... but without that, I can only guess that the Instagram icon is of a format that does not support transparency — i.e. the icon has it's own solid background that you cannot manipulate with CSS.