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Start your free trialChristos Symeou
22,754 Pointsnth-child code will not work
Much as I try , I can't get the n-th child code to work. I've tried this in every browser I can, and still it doesn't work.
If I use the 4n version, the 4th image will still not clear.
If I use the (3n+1) version, all the images appear one below the other in a single column.
As far as I can see my code is identical to the instructions:
Here's my responsive css:
@media screen and (min-width: 480px) {
#gallery li{
width: 28.333%;
}
#gallery li:nth-child(4n) {
clear: left;
}
}
Here's my main css
/*****************
GENERAL
*****************/
body {
font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}
a {
text-decoration:none;
}
#wrapper {
max-width: 940px;
margin: 0 auto;
padding: 0 5%;
}
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: 'Changa One', sans-serif;
margin: 15px 0;
font-size: 1.75em;
font-weight: bold;
line-height: 0.8em;
}
h2 {
font-size: 0.75em;
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 a li p {
margin: 0;
padding: 5%;
font-size: 0.75em;
color: #bdc3c7;
}
/*****************
PAGE: ABOUT
*****************/
.profile-photo {
display: block;
max-width: 150px;
margin: 0 auto 30px;
border-radius: 100%;
}
/*****************
PAGE: CONTACT
*****************/
.contact-info{
list-style: none;
padding:0;
margin:0;
font-size:0.9em;
}
.contact-info a {
display: block;
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
*****************/
/* site body*/
body {
background-color: #fff;
color: #999;
}
/* green header*/
header {
background: #6ab47b;
border-color: #599a68;
}
/*logo text*/
h1, h2 {
color: #fff;
}
/* nav background on mobile devices*/
nav {
background: #599a68;
}
/*Anchor links*/
a {
color: #6ab47b;
}
/*nav link*/
nav a, nav a:visited {
color: #fff;
}
/*selected nav link*/
nav a.selected, nav a:hover{
color:#32673f;
}
And here's my HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Christos Symeou | Designer</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<a href="index.html" id="logo">
<h1>Christos Symeou</h1>
<h2> Designer </h2>
</a>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
<li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
<li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
</header>
<div id="wrapper">
<section>
<ul id="gallery">
<a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
<li><image src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt=""></image>
<p>Experimentation with color and texture</p></li>
</a>
<a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
<li><image src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt=""></image>
<p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop</p></li>
</a>
<a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
<li><image src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt=""></image>
<p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows</p></li>
</a>
<a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
<li><image src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt=""></image>
<p>Drips created using photoshop brushes</p></li>
</a>
<a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
<li><image src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt=""></image>
<p>Creating shapes using repetition</p></li>
</a>
</ul>
</section>
<footer>
<a href="http://twitter.com"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
<a href="http://facebook.com"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
<p> © 2014 Christos Symeou. </p>
</footer>
</div>
</body>
</html>
2 Answers
James Wiseman
1,576 PointsThe below should fix your issue, as you can see you are encasing you <il>
tags with <a>
tags.
This will cause you not to be able to select the <li>
with the nth-child selector
<section>
<ul id="gallery">
<li><a href="img/numbers-01.jpg"><image src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt=""></image>
<p>Experimentation with color and texture</p></a></li>
<li><a href="img/numbers-02.jpg"><image src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt=""></image>
<p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop</p></a></li>
<li><a href="img/numbers-06.jpg"><image src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt=""></image>
<p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows</p> </a></li>
<li><a href="img/numbers-09.jpg"><image src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt=""></image>
<p>Drips created using photoshop brushes</p></a></li>
<li><a href="img/numbers-12.jpg"><image src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt=""></image>
<p>Creating shapes using repetition</p></a></li>
</ul>
</section>
Christos Symeou
22,754 PointsThank you! That did it. I had absolutely no idea what was wrong with it! Am I to assume then that for the n-th-child selector to work, the child has to be directly descendent from the parent elelement, it can't be nested within another element?