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CSS How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Style the Image Captions

Asa Smith
Asa Smith
10,009 Points
Posted by Asa Smith
Asa Smith
10,009 Points

"#gallery li a p" not changing, float not working correctly

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <tile>Asa Smith | Designer</tile>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <div>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Asa Smith</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 id="gallery">
            <li>
              <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
                <li><img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt""></li>
                <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
              </a>
            </li>
            <li>
              <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
                <li><img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt""></li>
                <p>This is the number 2.</p>
              </a>
            </li><li>
              <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
                <li><img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt""></li>
                <p>This is the number 6.</p>
              </a>
            </li><li>
              <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
                <li><img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt""></li>
                <p>This is the number 9.</p>
              </a>
            </li><li>
              <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
                <li><img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt""></li>
                <p>This is the number 12.</p>
              </a>
            </li>
          </ul>
        </section>
        <footer>
          <a href="https://www.twitter.com/Asa_smith"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
          <a href="https://www.facebook.com/asa.smith.334"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a>
          <p>&copy; 2015 Asa Smith.</p>
        </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Asa Smith
Asa Smith
10,009 Points
Asa Smith
Asa Smith
10,009 Points 
/************
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%;
}


/************
heading
*************/

#logo {
text-align: center;
margin: 0;
}

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

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


  /************
navigation
*************/


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


  /************
footer
*************/



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




/************
colors
*************/

/* site body */

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

/* green header */

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

/* nav background on mobile */

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;
}

/*************
page: portfolio
*************/

#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#gallery li {
 float: right;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3d7;
}

#gallery li p {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 5%;
  font-size: 0.75em;
  color: #bcd3c7;
}