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CSS Treehouse Club: CSS My First Web Page Editing an Image Tag

Posted by Stephen Wilson
Stephen Wilson
2,688 Points

error in check work

Hi there, I think there is an error when my quiz is checked. I have the max-width set at 500px; but the quiz isn't marking it as correct. thanks

style.css 
/***********************************************
Top bar color 
***********************************************/
html {
  border-top: 65px solid #4D7094;
}

/***********************************************
Body styling 
***********************************************/
body {
  max-width: 500px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 20px 20px;
  font-size: 0.75em;
  line-height: 1.6em;
  font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, serif;
  color: #066;
  font-weight: 300;
}

.centered {
  text-align: right;
}

/***********************************************
Image styling 
***********************************************/
img {
  border-radius: 20%;
  max-width: 340px;
}

/***********************************************
Headline styling 
***********************************************/
h1 {
  font-size: 1.5em;
  line-height: .5em;
  color: #564581;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 1em;
  line-height: 1em;
  font-style: oblique;
  color: #aaa;
}

h3 {
  font-size: .875em;
  line-height: 1em;
  font-weight: normal;
}

h4 {
  margin-top: 60px;
  font-weight: 500;
  color: #564581;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>All About Joy's Page</title>
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans' rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">
    <link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet">
  </head>   
  <body> 
    <img src="sam.jpg" alt="Sam">

    <h1>My Name</h1>

    <h2>My Profession</h2>

    <h3>Where I Live</h3>

    <h4>What I do:</h4>
       <p>I'm a teacher at Treehouse, but you should write in what you do here!</p>

    <h4>What I enjoy doing:</h4>  
      <p>When I'm not writing code, I like to surf and play music. Your turn, write in something that makes you happy, or things you like to do in your free time.</p>

  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points
rydavim
rydavim
18,814 Points

It looks like you’ve set the max-width in the correct format, but on the wrong element. Try setting the max width of the image to be 500px. Hint: this is the same element you used for the first section.

You’ve got the right idea! Happy coding!

Stephen Wilson
Stephen Wilson
2,688 Points
Stephen Wilson
Stephen Wilson
2,688 Points

thank you!