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

kalle oman
kalle oman
1,178 Points

social icons pilled on each other

So my social icons are pilled on each other instead of next to each other.

My code:

HTML:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Portfolio</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans" rel="stylesheet">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
  </head>
  <body>
  <header>
    <a href="index.html" id="logo">
    <h1>Egna</h1>
    <h2>Boxen</h2>
    </a>  
  </header>
  <div id="wrapper">  
  <nav>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="index.html">Shop</a></li>
      <li><a href="about.html"  class="selected">About</a></li>
      <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>  
  </nav>  
    <section>
      <img src="img/kalle.png" alt="Photograph of nick pettit" class="profile-photo">
      <h3>About</h3>
      <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, et possit cetero vel, alterum electram est ex. Ea pri noster invenire posidonium, ponderum scripserit per an. Vero labore abhorreant te mea, usu at aeterno pertinax voluptatibus. Ad mel regione dolorum invenire, ne brute omittam dissentiet vis. Ne sea eirmod aeterno deseruisse, qui alii posse an. No bonorum philosophia mei, tota congue te his. Sed unum omnis tantas ea.

Vel et imperdiet adolescens dissentias, vel dolorum fierent id, esse postea tritani eos in. Ei exerci expetenda vix, veri persequeris has ex. Mei principes liberavisse ei. Mei no etiam oporteat repudiandae.

Ut pri illum laoreet. Veniam blandit suavitate sit ea, modo tritani complectitur vis ad, ne assum regione recusabo vis. Ut eam agam volutpat, has ne assentior adipiscing, usu labitur moderatius adversarium ad. Malorum perpetua ne usu, eu meis tempor voluptatibus ius. Sed meis eripuit mediocritatem et, at iudico legere antiopam nam. Est vitae platonem quaerendum te, maiestatis posidonium his ei. Pro ex diceret delicata patrioque, persecuti elaboraret per an, et quo porro causae. <a href="https://twitter.com/">@twitter</a>.</p>
    </section>

    <footer>
      <ul>
        <li>
          <a href="https://www.facebook.com/">
            <img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="" class="social-icon">
          </a>
        </li>

        <li>
          <a href="https://twitter.com/">
            <img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="" class="social-icon">
          </a>
        </li>

      </ul>

      <small>&copy; Poor Man's Drink 2016</small>

    </footer>  
    </div>
  </body>

</html>

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: 'Changa One', sans-serif;
  margin: 15px 0;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 0.8em;
}

h2 {
  font-family: 'Changa One', sans-serif;
  font-size: 1em;
  margin: -5px 0 0;
  font-weight: normal;
}



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

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

/* nav background on mobile */
nav {
  background: #599a68;
}

/* logo text */
h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

/* links */
a {
  color: #6ab47b;
}

/* nav link */
nav a, nav a:visited {
  color: #fff;
}

/* selected nav link */
nav a.selected, nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

1 Answer

kalle oman
kalle oman
1,178 Points

How do i change the positing on the social icons they are to far to the right now. Margin padding?

Chris Valenzuela
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Chris Valenzuela
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,466 Points

The problem lies within the ul element having default padding. You'll just need to reset it to 0 and the list items will center align.

footer ul{
  padding: 0;
}