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CSS How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Polish the Navigation and Footer

Charlie Kloppenburg
Charlie Kloppenburg
5,060 Points

Why doesn't my page look like Nick's? I'm half way through this block.

I've been trying to troubleshoot; and I've caught a couple glitches; but I'm stuck. Here is my code for the HTML and the CSS. Can you tell me where I missed the lesson?

HTML: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Charlie Kloppenburg | 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"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html" id="logo"> <h1>Charlie Kloppenburg</h1> <h2>Designer</h2> </a> <nav> <ul id="gallery"> <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="about.html" class="selected">About</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html" class="selected">Contact</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header> <div id="wrapper"> <section> <ul> <li> <a href="IMG/numbers-01.jpg"> <img src="IMG/numbers-01.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="IMG/numbers-02.jpg"> <img src="IMG/numbers-02.jpg" alt=""> <p>Playing with Photoshop.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="IMG/numbers-06.jpg"> <img src="IMG/numbers-06.jpg" alt=""> <p>Trying to create the 80's.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="IMG/numbers-09.jpg"> <img src="IMG/numbers-09.jpg" alt=""> <p>Drips created using Photoshop.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="IMG/numbers-12.jpg"> <img src="IMG/numbers-12.jpg" alt=""> <p>Creating shapes.</p> </a> </li> </ul> </section> <footer> <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="IMG/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a> <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="IMG/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a> <p>Ā© 2015 Charlie Kloppenburg.</p> </footer> </div> </body> </html>

CSS: /************* GENERAL ************/

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

a { text-decoration: none; }

img { max-width: 100%; }

wrapper {

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

/************* 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 { margin: -5px 0 0; font-size: 0.75em; 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; }

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

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

/************* 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; }

/************* 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; }

Thanks for the help.

3 Answers

Ryan Field
PLUS
Ryan Field
Courses Plus Student 21,242 Points

For one, the src attribute in your <img> tags and href attribute in your <a> tags are using IMG rather than img, which might be causing your images to not appear. Other than that, what kind of glitches are you seeing specifically?

Charlie Kloppenburg
Charlie Kloppenburg
5,060 Points

First: the "IMG"; I made the mistake of capitalizing the folder name and have taken the challenge of trying to keep it straight. I don't like just straight copying.
The issue that I'm seeing (or, not seeing) is that in my version the "Portfolio, About and Contact" are stacking. And, they have white fields around them. Secondly, the images are still vertical. They size with the page width; but I think they should be two across.

Charlie Kloppenburg
Charlie Kloppenburg
5,060 Points

Okay, I figured out the white around the "Portfolio, About and Contact". I simply made a choice that left the field pretty close to white. My bad.