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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Gradients

Brice Franks
Brice Franks
1,488 Points
Posted by Brice Franks
Brice Franks
1,488 Points

What am I missing?

Can someone help me figure out why this challenge keeps saying it's wrong in the style.css, I believe the code is correct.

Challenge Task 4 of 4

Set the second color stop's position to 90%. Then, add the value that sets the gradient direction from bottom to top.

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.main-header {
 background-image: linear-gradient(steelblue, darkslateblue 90% 0deg); 
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1 class="main-heading">Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>

        <div class="primary-content">
            <p class="intro">
                Lake Tahoe is one of the most breathtaking attractions located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
            </p>
            <a class="callout" href="#more">Find out more</a>
        </div><!-- End .primary-content -->
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

tylerpostuma2
tylerpostuma2
5,175 Points
tylerpostuma2
tylerpostuma2
5,175 Points

Hey Brice!

Right now, there are a couple of different issues in your CSS code. First, when they are telling you that they want to to make a color stop at 90%, you are doing it correctly, however, you just need to remove the '0deg' from the very end of your line. The other thing that I saw is when you want to make a gradient go from the bottom to top, you have to define that as the first thing in the linear-gradient function. You are really close, but here is the correct code if you would like it!:

.main-header { background-image: linear-gradient(to top, steelblue, darkslateblue 90%); }

Hope this helped you out!