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CSS CSS Flexbox Layout Understanding Flexbox Flex Container Challenge

Posted by alberto reyes
alberto reyes
Courses Plus Student 547 Points

I'm stuck i need help

what am i doing wrong I'm stuck trying to make a flex container

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Flexbox Layout</title>
    <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Varela+Round' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <ul class="main-nav">
        <li class="name"><a href="#">My Site</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Work</a></li>
        <li><a href="#">Contact</a></li>
      </ul>
    </header>
  </body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
Bryan Farris
Bryan Farris
1,869 Points

I meant to add this as an answer, not a comment! See answer below. h/t to Steven Parker

1 Answer

Bryan Farris
Bryan Farris
1,869 Points
Bryan Farris
Bryan Farris
1,869 Points

The challenge states to target "main-nav" and make it a flex container. So in your CSS, you'd target: 

.main-nav { /* your code goes here */ }

And to make a flex container, you just need to set the display attribute to "flex".

Hope this helps!