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CSS How to Make a Website Responsive Web Design and Testing Adjust the Profile Page and Header

Posted by Bryce MacIntyre
Bryce MacIntyre
3,009 Points

Display issue with header and nav.

@media screen and (min-width: 660px) { nav { background: none; float: right; font-size: 1.125em; margin-right: 5%; text-align: right; width: 45%; } }

This is my code currently in responsive.css. It is functioning, but it does not display correctly. I will explain this; The background of the nav menu is now white. I cannot seem to figure out why this nav menu isn't blending in with the header. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thank you.

4 Answers

Milan Milosevic
Milan Milosevic
6,647 Points

It seems to me that you're missing some lines of code in main.css, under HEADING, try adding 

header {
  float: left;
  margin: 0 0 30px 0;
  padding: 5px 0 0 0;
  width: 100%;
}
Bryce MacIntyre
Bryce MacIntyre
3,009 Points

I accidentally deleted everything at one point, and I must have forgot to add that code. It works very well except for on the about page, it has a gap above the header of just white blank space.

Milan Milosevic
Milan Milosevic
6,647 Points

Hm, strange, header should be totaly the same for all pages. You should check your about.html to see if you typed something wrong there, check if you linked css files corectly in about.html.

Bryce MacIntyre
Bryce MacIntyre
3,009 Points

Thank you for the help. :)

Milan Milosevic
Milan Milosevic
6,647 Points

Anytime, glad if I helped you.

Milan Milosevic
Milan Milosevic
6,647 Points
Milan Milosevic
Milan Milosevic
6,647 Points

It's a bit hard to say it this way without seeing your code, if you have followed Nick you shouldnt get this kind of problem.

Can you post your code here? Does your header has green background? If yes, seems like your nav is not being considered inside your header, because it's getting white background of a page.

Bryce MacIntyre
Bryce MacIntyre
3,009 Points
Bryce MacIntyre
Bryce MacIntyre
3,009 Points

This is my main.css file.

/*************************** GENERAL ***************************/

body { font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; }

wrapper {

max-width: 940px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0 5%; }

a { text-decoration: none; }

img { max-width: 100%; }

h3 { margin: 1em 0 1em 0; }

/*************************** HEADING ***************************/

logo {

text-align: center; margin: -20px; }

h1 { font-family: 'Changa One', sans-serif; margin: 15px 0; font-size: 1.75em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.8em; }

h2 { font-size: 0.75em; margin: -5px 0 0; font-weight: normal; }

/*************************** NAVIGATION ***************************/

nav { text-align: center; padding: 10px 0; margin: 20px 0 0; }

nav ul { list-style: none; margin: 0 10px; padding: 0; }

nav li { display: inline-block; }

nav a { font-weight: 800; padding: 15px 10px; }

/*************************** FOOTER ***************************/

footer { font-size: 0.75em; text-align: center; clear: both; padding-top: 50px; color: #ccc; }

.social-icon { width: 20px; height: 20px; margin: 0 5px; }

/*************************** PAGE: PORTFOLIO ***************************/

gallery {

margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; }

gallery li {

float: left; width: 45%; margin: 2.5%; background-color: #f5f5f5; color: #bdc3c7; }

gallery li a p {

margin: 0; padding: 5%; font-size: 0.75em; color: #bdc3c7 }

/*************************** PAGE: ABOUT ***************************/

.profile-photo { display: block; max-width: 200px; margin: 30px auto 30px; border-radius: 100%; }

/*************************** PAGE: CONTACT ***************************/

.contact-info { list-style: none; padding: 0; margin: 0; font-size: 0.9em; }

.contact-info a { display: block; min-height: 20px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: 20px 20px; padding: 0 0 0 30px; margin: 0 0 10px; }

.contact-info li.phone a { background-image: url('../img/phone.png'); }

.contact-info li.mail a { background-image: url('../img/mail.png'); }

.contact-info li.twitter a { background-image: url('../img/twitter.png'); }

/*************************** COLORS ***************************/

/* site body */ body { background-color: #fff; color: #999; }

/* green header */ header { background: #6ab47b; border-color: #599a68;

}

/* nav background on mobile devices */ nav { background: #599a68; }

/* logo text */ h1, h2 { color: #fff; }

/* links */ a { color: #6ab47b; }

/* nav link */ nav a, nav a:visited { color: #fff; }

/* selected nav link */ nav a.selected, nav a:hover { color: #32673f; }

Bryce MacIntyre
Bryce MacIntyre
3,009 Points
Bryce MacIntyre
Bryce MacIntyre
3,009 Points

Responsive.css file

@media screen and (min-width: 480px) {

/*************************** TWO COLUMN LAYOUT ***************************/

#primary { width: 50%; float: left;
}

#secondary { width: 40%; float: right; }

/***************************

PAGE: PORTFOLIO ***************************/

#gallery li { width: 28.3333%; }

#gallery li:nth-child(4n) { clear: left; }

  /***************************

PAGE: ABOUT ***************************/

.profile-photo { float: left; margin: 0 5% 80px 0; }

}

@media screen and (min-width: 660px) {

/*************************** HEADER ***************************/

nav { background: none; float: right; font-size: 1.125em; margin-right: 5%; text-align: right; width: 45%; }

}