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jarrod Reeves
6,357 PointsSomething is wrong with my CSS
Hi I am following to the video and when Nick types in (list-style:none; and float:left; ) the colors of words none and left appear in orange. Mine is not doing that this exercise isn't working.
Thanks
My HTML
'''
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Jarrod Reeves | Developer</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400,400italic,700,700italic,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
</head>
<body>
<header>
<a href="index.html" id="logo">
<h1>Jarrod Reeves</h1>
<h2>Developer</h2>
</a>
<nav>
<ul>
<li><a href="index.html" class="selected">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="">
<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 an 80's style of glows</p>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
<img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
<p>Drips using Photoshop brushes</p>
</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
<img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
<p>Creating shapes using repetition</p>
</a>
</li>
</ul>
</section>
<footer>
<a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter logo"></a>
<a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook logo"></a>
<p>© 2014 Jarrod Reeves.</p>
</footer>
</div>
</body>
</html>
'''
My main.css
''' /************* GENERAL **************/
body { font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; }
wrapper{
max-width: 940px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 5%; }
a { text-decoration:none; }
/* links */
a { color: #bab47b; }
img { max-width: 100%; }
/*********** HEADING ************/
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; }
/*********** NAVIGATION ***********/
nav { text-align: center; padding: 10px; 0; margin: 20px; 0 0; }
/*********** FOOTER ***********/
footer { font-size: 0.75em; text-align: center; 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; }
/*********** COLOR ***********/
body { background-color: #fff; color: #999; }
/* green header */
header{ background: #6ab47b; border-color: #599a68; }
/* logo text */ h1, h2 { color: #fff; }
/* nav background on mobile */
nav { background: #599a69; }
/* nav link*/ nav a, nav a:visited { color: #fff; }
/* selected nav link */
nav a.selected, nav a:hover { color: #32673f; }
'''
1 Answer
Julius Gehrig
16,110 PointsThats just part of the so called syntax highlighting in Nicks workspace. It is there to make the code easier to read but doesnt have any effect on it.
So no matter if its displayed in orange or not your code will work just fine :)
Markus Ylisiurunen
15,034 PointsMarkus Ylisiurunen
15,034 PointsNext time you want to add code to your post please use the "code area" feature of this forum. You can find a way to use it by clicking on "Markdown Cheatsheet" -button on top of post answer button. It makes it a lot easier to read code and will let us help each others easily :)