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CSS CSS Layout Techniques Positioning Schemes Positioning Schemes Challenge

Zander Curtis
Zander Curtis
10,634 Points
Posted by Zander Curtis
Zander Curtis
10,634 Points

Whats wrong with this code?

Not sure where I'm going wrong on this one. I am thankful to anyone's help! Could be some points for the lucky winner :-)

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Positioning</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
    <div class="main-wrapper">  
        <header class="main-header">
            <h1 class="main-logo"><a href="#">My Work</a></h1>
            <ul class="main-nav">
                <li><a href="#">Design</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Coding</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Writing</a></li>
                <li><a href="#">Hire Me!</a></li>
            </ul>
        </header>
        <div class="content-row">
            <div class="primary col">
                <h1>I'm a Designer</h1>
                <p>I design beautiful user interfaces, then bring them to life with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I love including personal photographs of nature, people and everyday things in my designs.</p>
                <p>If you need a front-end designer for your next project, <a href="#">take a look at my work</a>, then <a href="#">get in touch</a>!</p>
            </div>
            <div class="secondary col">
                <h2>I Also Write</h2>
                <p>I like teaching others about the latest web in technology. So when I'm not designing or coding websites &amp; apps, you'll find me writing <a href="#">articles for my blog</a>.</p>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.main-header {
  position: relative;
}

.main-logo,
.main-nav {
  position: absolute;
}

.main-logo {
  top: 25px;
  left: 25px;
}

.main-nav {
  bottom: 30px;
  right: 25px;
}

.content-row {
  position: relative;
}

.col {
  position: absolute;
}

.primary col {
  left: 0px;
}

.secondary col {
  right: 0px;
}

3 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Your last two selectors. The class has two names, but the way you are selecting them in the CSS file, it's trying to find an element within the class of "primary" and/or "secondary."

Because you are setting different styles for each one, just lose the "col" from both the .primary and .secondary

That's the only syntax problem I see in the code. Give it a try! :)

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

At a quick glance I notice you have two stylesheets linked to you html

Zander Curtis
Zander Curtis
10,634 Points
Zander Curtis
Zander Curtis
10,634 Points

Thanks Jason.

You were exactly right!

Thanks so much for your quick response and your contribution to the Team Treehouse Community!