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HTML How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Style the Portfolio

Posted by Derek Goodwin
Derek Goodwin
7,758 Points

Find my code error and tell me why my name isn't seen?

can someone look at my text and tell me where my code error is? <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Derek Goodwin | Designer</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400,400italic,700,700italic,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html" id="logo"> <h1>Derek Goodwin</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/IMG_0174.jpg"> <img src="img/IMG_0174.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/Matador.jpg"> <img src="img/Matador.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and texture</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/network-equipment-set-13644916.jpg"> <img src="img/network-equipment-set-13644916.jpg" alt=""> <p>Nice pic</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/Annie.jpg"> <img src="img/Annie.jpg" alt=""> <p>Perfection</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/Poppy.jpg"> <img src="img/Poppy.jpg" alt=""> <p>Equipment</p> </a> </li> </ul> </section> <footer> <a href="https://www.arris.com/"><img src="img/arris.png" alt="Arris Logo"></a> <a href="https://www.beatsbydre.com/"><img src="img/beats.png" alt="Beats logo"></a> <P>Ā© 2015 Derek Goodwin.</P> </footer> </div> </body> </html> a{ text-decoration: none; }

wrapper{

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

logo{

text-align: center; margin: 0; }

a{ color:#6ab47b; }

header { background: #6ab47b; border-color:#599a68; }

h1{font-famly:'Changa one';sans-serif},,h2{ color:#fff; }

nav { background: #599a68; }

nav a , nav a:visited{ color:#fff; }

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

body { background-color: #fff; color:#999; }

2 Answers

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points
Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
16,593 Points

What I can see so far is that you are missing head and the opening body tags.

Derek Goodwin
Derek Goodwin
7,758 Points

Where

Mark Stapledon Jr.
Mark Stapledon Jr.
937 Points
Mark Stapledon Jr.
Mark Stapledon Jr.
937 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html></html> <head></head> <meta charset="utf-8">

Also, be sure to close the <html> and <head> tags once you have nested what you need inside of them.