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

my website has a green body even if i set it to white (#fff)?

this is my Css:

/****************************************************
 GENERAL
*****************************************************/

body{ 
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}

#wrapper {
    max-width: 940px;
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 0 5%;
}

 a {                           
  text-decoration: none;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

h3 {
  margin: 0 0 1em 0;
}

/****************************************************
 HEADING
*****************************************************/

header {
  float: left;
  margin: 0 0 30px 0;
  padding: 5px 0 0 0;
  width: 100%;
}

#logo{
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
} 

h1{
  font-family:'Open Sans', sans-serif;
  margin: 15px 0;
  font-size: 2.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 0.8em;
}

h2{
  font-size: 1.5em;
  margin: -5px 0 0;
  font-weight: normal;
}

/****************************************************
NAVIGATION
*****************************************************/

nav{ 
  text-align: center;
  padding: 10px 0;
  margin: 20px 0 0;
}

nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 10px;
  padding:0;
}

nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

nav a {
  font-weight: 800;
  padding: 15px 10px;
}


/****************************************************
FOOTER
*****************************************************/

footer{
  font-size: 0.75em;
  text-align: center;
  clear: both;
  padding-top: 50px;
  color: #ccc;
}

.social-icon {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  margin: 0 5px;
}



/****************************************************
PAGE: PORTFOLIO
*****************************************************/

#gallery{
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#gallery li{
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

#gallery li a p {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 5%;
  font-size: 0.75em;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}


/****************************************************
PAGE: CONTACTS
*****************************************************/  

.profile-photo {
  align-content:center;
  clear: both;
  display: block;     /* auto margins centers things */
  max-width: 150px;    
  margin: 0 auto 30px; 
  border-radius: 100%;  /* rounded corners */
  }



/****************************************************
PAGE: BOOKINGS
*****************************************************/  

.contact-info {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.9em;
  /* vecchio non corretto font-style: 0.9em;*/
}

.contact-info a {
  /* display: block; --> li tiene bloccati l'uno sull'altro (img take more space to be displays)*/
  min-height: 20px;
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-size: 20px 20px;
  padding: 0 0 0 30px;
  margin: 0 0 10px;

}


.contact-info li.phone a {
  background-image: url('../img/phone.png');
}

.contact-info li.mail a {
  background-image: url('../img/mail.png');
}

.contact-info li.twitter a {
  background-image: url('../img/twitter.png');
}

/****************************************************
COLORS 
*****************************************************/


body {
  background-color: #fff;
  color: #999;
}

header {
  background: #6ab47b;
  border-color: #599a68;
}

nav {
  background: #599a68;
}

h1, h2  {
  color: #fff;
}

a {
  color: #6ab47b;
}

nav a, nav a:visited {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a.selected, nav a:hover {
   color: #32673f;
}
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

I have edited your CSS to be more readable.

Please see this thread about posting code. :)

Can you post your HTML as well, please.

thank you Sean i'll read it! I just figured what i was doing wrong just a second after I posted this.

I didn't add the slash in the header closing tag </header>

thanks again!

2 Answers

My best guess without seeing the markup would be that either your header or your nav element isn't closed or contains something that is full height since both of those have green backgrounds.

Yeah what Geoff said, the header and nav in your HTML may not be closed properly, so everything else is nested inside them.