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HTML How to Make a Website Responsive Web Design and Testing Build a Three Column Layout

Posted by dalexis peguero
dalexis peguero
2,631 Points

My responsive.css is not creating my columns

Somehow I can't make the columns. Please let me know what am doing wrong on my html or css

Thanks, :)

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Dalexis Peguero | Designer </title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="normalize.css"> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,800italic,400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="responsive.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html" id="logo"> <h1>Dalexis Peguero</h1> <h2>Designer</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" class="selected">Contact</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header> <div id="wrapper"> <section id="primary"> <h3>General Information</h3> <p>I am not currently looking for new design work, but I am available when I feel confident with my skills. </p> <p>Please reach me with email or facebook when it's not an emergency, but if you need an urgent consultation just call me.</p> </section> <section id="secondary"> <h3> Contact Details </h3> <ul class="contact-info"> <li class="phone"><a href="tel:555-5555">555-5555</a></li> <li class="mail"><a href="mailto:dalexispeguero@gmail.com">dalexispeguero@gmail.com</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?screen_name=nickrp">@Dpeguero</a></li> </ul> </section> <footer> <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="twitter logo" class="social-icon"></a> <a href="http://facebook.com/dalexisp"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="facebook logo" class="social-icon"></a> <p>© 2014 Dalexis Peguero. </p> </footer> </div> </body> </html>

@media screen and (min-width:480px) { { /********************** TWO COLUMN LAYOUT *********************/

#primary {
width:  50%;
float: left;

}

#secondary {
width:  40%;
float: right;

} }

@media screen and (max-width:480px) {

}

}

3 Answers

dalexis peguero
dalexis peguero
2,631 Points
dalexis peguero
dalexis peguero
2,631 Points

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Dalexis Peguero | Designer </title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="normalize.css"> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,800italic,400,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="main.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="responsive.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html" id="logo"> <h1>Dalexis Peguero</h1> <h2>Designer</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" class="selected">Contact</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header> <div id="wrapper"> <section id="primary"> <h3>General Information</h3> <p>I am not currently looking for new design work, but I am available when I feel confident with my skills. </p> <p>Please reach me with email or facebook when it's not an emergency, but if you need an urgent consultation just call me.</p> </section> <section id="secondary"> <h3> Contact Details </h3> <ul class="contact-info"> <li class="phone"><a href="tel:555-5555">555-5555</a></li> <li class="mail"><a href="mailto:dalexispeguero@gmail.com">dalexispeguero@gmail.com</a></li> <li class="twitter"><a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?screen_name=nickrp">@Dpeguero</a></li> </ul> </section> <footer> <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="twitter logo" class="social-icon"></a> <a href="http://facebook.com/dalexisp"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="facebook logo" class="social-icon"></a> <p>© 2014 Dalexis Peguero. </p> </footer> </div> </body> </html>

Lisa Tan
Lisa Tan
4,673 Points
Lisa Tan
Lisa Tan
4,673 Points

Hi Dalexis,

You are almost there! Looks like you made a syntax error. You have two opening curly brackets - correct this to one curly bracket that opens your media query.

@media screen and (min-width:480px) {

#primary {
width: 50%;
float: left;
}

#secondary {
width: 40%;
float: right;
}

}
dalexis peguero
dalexis peguero
2,631 Points
dalexis peguero
dalexis peguero
2,631 Points

Thanks! :D