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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Basic Selectors Descendant Selectors

Posted by Felex Chivave
Felex Chivave
7,288 Points

What could be wrong since i had the propert and value in the right syntax - where did i go wrong?

Descendant challenge - suspect of a bug

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
header span {
font-size: 26px;

}



  font-weight: bold;
}

.main-content p {

   font-weight: bold;
}
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>
      <span>Journey through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1>Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>
    <p>
      Lake Tahoe is one of the most <span>breathtaking attractions</span> 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 href="#">Find out more</a>
    <div class="main-content">
      <h2>Check out all the Wildlife</h2>
      <p>
        As spawning season approaches, the fish acquire a humpback and protuberant jaw. After spawning, they die and their carcasses provide a feast for gatherings of mink, bears, and Bald eagles.
      </p>
      <a href="#">See the Wildlife</a>
    </div>
    <footer>
      <p>All rights reserved to the state of <a href="#">California</a>.</p>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
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BERYL YOUNG
UX Design Techdegree Graduate 39,697 Points

Take a look at your opening and closing brackets. You have a header span opening and closing curly brackets with the styling included in between these. Good. Then you have a styling added but, you have not included what you want that style to apply to and no opening curly bracket. It's useful to pay attention to the color changes in your editor they will go a different color after the error. I hope that helps.

1 Answer

Daniel Newman
Daniel Newman
5,995 Points
Daniel Newman
Daniel Newman
5,995 Points

Hi Felex,

You are close. Your header span and your main-content look great. You just needed to do the same with the footer p and you have some "font-weight: bold" with no selector and a closing bracket that are throwing everything out of whack. See the code below for how to properly format it.

header span {
  font-size: 26px;
}

.main-content p {
  font-weight: bold;
}

footer p {
  color: slategrey;
}