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HTML How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Style the Basic Elements

Santiago Selva
Santiago Selva
1,241 Points
Posted by Santiago Selva
Santiago Selva
1,241 Points

Can please someone help me with the max-witdh?

It keeps saying i'm doing something wrong but I don't know what. I have done everything exactly like in the video. It says I should put the max-width in 940, and that's what I'm doing, but it keeps saying it's wrong. Please I need a response, I've been stuck in this excercise since yesterday.

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940 px ;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</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>
          <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 blending modes in 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 created 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>&copy; 2014 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
James Sedghi
James Sedghi
21,549 Points
James Sedghi
James Sedghi
21,549 Points

Hi,

You've put the following declaration:

#wrapper {
max-width: 940 px;
}

There's a space between '940' and 'px', meaning your value is '940 px'. Removing the space should fix the issue:

#wrapper {
max-width: 940px;
}

2 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Santiago,

You've pretty much got it, except for one small error. You have a space between the value and the units. Instead of 940 px, you need 940px with no space separation.

So the code for Task 1 and Task 2:

a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

Keep Coding! :dizzy:

Santiago Selva
Santiago Selva
1,241 Points
Santiago Selva
Santiago Selva
1,241 Points

Thanks everyone, I can't believe I missed that typing error...