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CSS How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Style the Portfolio

Posted by benaiahvarner
benaiahvarner
1,886 Points

Float left

My code will not fall into two collumns like i need it to but rather it just floats to the left of the screen. My css is correct so here is my html. The pictures that need to be floated are in the gallery ID. Check for any problems please!!

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
      <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>
    Benaiah Varner
  </title>
      <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
      <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800|Changa+One' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
            <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">

  </head>  
<body>
  <header>
  <a href="index.html"  id="logo">
  <h1>Benaiah Varner</h1>
  <h2>11 year old.</h2>
    </a>
    <nav>
      <ul id="green">
        <li><a href="index.html">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">
           <li>
              <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
               </a> 
                 <P>Exspirimentation with color and textures.</P>
                <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src= "img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
                  </a>
                 <P>playing with blending modes in photoshop.</P>
                <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
                  </a>
                 <P>Trying to create a 80's style of glows.</P>
                <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
                  </a>
                 <P>drips using photoshop brushes.</P>
                <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
                  </a>
                 <P>Creating shapes using repition.</P>
           </li>
        </ul>
     </section>
      <footer>
         <a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/117302655370136417616/posts"><img src="http://uofueclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/google-plus-logo.png"></a>
         <p>benaiahvarner@gmail.com</p>    
        &copy; 2014 Benaiah Varner
      </footer>
    </div>
 </body>
</html>
Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,888 Points
Tim Knight
Tim Knight
28,888 Points

Could you post your CSS too please? Since CSS controls your positioning of the objects on the screen that's likely going to be your culprit.

2 Answers

Gabriel Roczanski
Gabriel Roczanski
Courses Plus Student 2,136 Points

<li> means LIST ITEM, so, it's an <li> for each item, not all the itens inside only ONE li tag. The corret is

<ul>
 <li>
   <a>
    <img>
   </a>
 </li>
 <li>
   <a>
    <img>
   </a>
 </li>
 ...
</ul>
Jacob Sigman
Jacob Sigman
6,581 Points
Jacob Sigman
Jacob Sigman
6,581 Points

You need to select the gallery in css like so...

gallery li {

float:left; width:45%; margin:2.5%; background-color:#f5f5f5; color:#bdc3c7;

}