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Courses Plus Student 416 PointsRules being completely ignored or something? What is going on?
My #courses(equivalent of #gallery) rules aren't working, what is going wrong here
here is the html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>CodeAble | Learn To Code For Free!</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
<link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400,400italic,700italic,700,800' rel='stylesheet'
type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<a href="index.html" id="logo">
<h1>CodeAble</h1>
<h2>Learn To Code For Free!</h2>
</a>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Courses</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="courses">
<l>
<a href="Code Images/15996662264_4088cd1e53_o.png">
<img src="Code Images/15996662264_4088cd1e53_o.png" alt="">
<p>--Learn JavaScript!</p>
</a>
</l>
<l>
<a href="Code Images/csharp.png">
<img src="Code Images/csharp.png" alt="">
<p>--Learn C#!</p>
</a>
</l>
<l>
<a href="Code Images/swift-logo-hero.jpg.">
<img src="Code Images/swift-logo-hero.jpg" alt="">
<p>--Learn Swift!</p>
</a>
</l>
<l>
<a href="Code Images/Ruby_Jewel.png">
<img src="Code Images/Ruby_Jewel.png" alt="">
<p>--Learn Ruby!</p>
</a>
</l>
<l>
<a href="Code Images/python.png">
<img src="Code Images/python.png" alt="">
<p>--Learn Python!</p>
</a>
</l>
</ul>
</section>
<footer>
<a href="http://twitter.com"><img src="Treehouse Images/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
<a href="http://facebook.com"><img src="Treehouse Images/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a>
<p>© 2016 CodeAble.</p>
</footer>
</div>
</body>
</html>
and here is the css
body {
font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}
#wrapper {
max-width: 940px;
padding: 0 5%;
margin: 0 auto;
}
a {
text-decoration: none;
}
Code Images {
max-width: 100%;
}
#logo {
text-align: center;
margin: 0;
}
h1 {
font-family: 'Changa One', sans-serif;
margin: 15px 0;
font-size: 1.75em;
font-weight: normal;
line-height: 0.8em;
}
h2 {
font-size: 0.75em;
margin: -5px 0 0;
font-weight: normal;
}
nav {
text-align: center;
padding: 10px 0;
margin: 20px 0 0;
}
footer {
font-size: 0.75em;
text-align: center;
padding-top: 50px;
color: #ccc;
}
#courses {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style: none;
}
#courses li {
display: inline-block;
width: 45%;
margin: 2.5%;
background-color: #f5f5f5;
color: #bdc3c7;
}
#courses li a p {
margin: 0;
padding: 5%;
font-size: 0.75em;
color: #bdc3c7
}
body {
background-color: #fff;
color: #999;
}
header {
background: #6ab47b;
border: #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;
}
2 Answers
Kevin Faust
15,353 Pointslook inside
<ul id="courses">
look at what you wrote instead of li hehe
Dustin Honeck
12,504 PointsYou are also missing a semicolon after the color value. Just so you know :)
#courses li a p {
margin: 0;
padding: 5%;
font-size: 0.75em;
color: #bdc3c7
}
Anonymous User
Courses Plus Student 416 PointsAnonymous User
Courses Plus Student 416 Pointshave i just been writing L the whole time?
Kevin Faust
15,353 PointsKevin Faust
15,353 PointsLooks like it