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3,714 PointsHow do I center the margin ?
I've tried margin: 0 auto;
and
margin: center
Neither seem to work...
a {text-decoration: none;
}
#wrapper {
max-width: 940px
margin: center;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<a href="index.html" id="logo">
<h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
<h2>Designer</h2>
</a>
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<ul>
<li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
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</ul>
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<div id="wrapper">
<section>
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<p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
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<img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
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<p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows.</p>
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<img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
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</html>
1 Answer
José Guerrero
6,195 PointsI think you want to center the content so you can use this.
wrapper {
max-width: 940px; margin: 0 auto; }
and by the way you forget the semicolon of the max-width rule.
this will center the content inside the wrapper automatically;
Johnathan Mercier
5,527 PointsJohnathan Mercier
5,527 PointsYes, Jose is correct. It looks like it likely failed due to the missing semi-colon after the max-width value. That has been something that has made me constantly have to use console to debug my JavaScript.