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

Lucas Todesco
Lucas Todesco
2,515 Points
Posted by Lucas Todesco
Lucas Todesco
2,515 Points

I can't get images to float, but I feel like my code is correct. Can someone help me get my images to go side by side?

Here is my code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Lucas Todesco | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Sans+Pro:400,700,900,400italic,700italic|Open+Sans:400italic,400' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Lucas Todesco</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">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
              </a>
            </li>
            <li>
              <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg"></a>
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </li>
            <li>
              <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg"></a>
              <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </li>
            <li>
              <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg"></a>
              <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </li>
            <li>
              <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg"></a>
              <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>             
            </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 Lucas Todesco.</p>
        </footer>
     </div>
  </body>
</html>

CSS

/***************************
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: 'Source Sans Pro', sans-serif;
  margin: 15px 0px;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 0.8 em;
}
h2 {
  font-size: 0.75em;
  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;
  padding-top: 50px;
  color: #ccc;
}


/***************************
PAGE PORTFOLIO
****************************/
#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

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




/***************************
COLORS
****************************/
/*WEBSITE 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: #000;
}
/*SELECTED NAV LINK*/
nav a.selected, nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f
}
Ryan Duchene
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 Points

I edited your comment to add syntax highlighting.

2 Answers

Maja B.
Maja B.
12,984 Points
Maja B.
Maja B.
12,984 Points

Hi, could it be that two semicolons are missing here: after width:45% and after margin:2.5%

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;  
}
Lucas Todesco
Lucas Todesco
2,515 Points
Lucas Todesco
Lucas Todesco
2,515 Points

Wow, thanks everyone for the help. I cant believe it took me so long to notice it was just my semi colons. haha thanks a lot for the help! Must continue on!