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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Positioning Schemes Positioning Schemes Challenge

Posted by frederikbussler
frederikbussler
17,555 Points

How can I shorten this code without taking out any functionality?

I correctly completed the challenge, but it seems like I wrote more than I needed to... If not, then just ignore this post :p

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Positioning</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="main-wrapper">  
        <header class="main-header">
            <h1 class="main-logo"><a href="#">My Work</a></h1>
            <ul class="main-nav">
                <li><a href="#">Design</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Coding</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Writing</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Hire Me!</a></li>
            </ul>
        </header>
        <div class="content-row">
            <div class="primary col">
                <h1>I'm a Designer</h1>
                <p>I design beautiful user interfaces, then bring them to life with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I love including personal photographs of nature, people and everyday things in my designs.</p>
                <p>If you need a front-end designer for your next project, <a href="#">take a look at my work</a>, then <a href="#">get in touch</a>!</p>
            </div>
            <div class="secondary col">
                <h2>I Also Write</h2>
                <p>I like teaching others about the latest web in technology. So when I'm not designing or coding websites &amp; apps, you'll find me writing <a href="#">articles for my blog</a>.</p>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.main-header {
  position: relative;
}

.main-logo,
.main-nav {
  position: absolute;
}

.main-logo {
  top: 25px;
  left: 25px;
}

.main-nav {
  right: 25px;
  bottom: 30px;
}

.content-row {
  position: relative;
}

.col {
  top: 0;
  position: absolute;
}

.primary {
  left: 0;
}

.secondary {
  right: 0;
}

1 Answer

Stephen Bone
Stephen Bone
12,359 Points
Stephen Bone
Stephen Bone
12,359 Points

Hi Frederik

Here's what I came out with.

Other than using existing rules for content-row's relative positioning and col absolute positioning they are basically the same.

.main-header, .content-row {
  position: relative;
}

.main-logo, .main-nav, .col {
  position: absolute;
}

.main-logo {
  top: 25px;
  left: 25px;
}

.main-nav {
  bottom: 30px;
  right: 25px;
}

.primary {
  left: 0px;
}

.secondary {
  right: 0px;
}

.col {
  top: 0;
}

Hope it helps!

Stephen