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CSS How to Make a Website Responsive Web Design and Testing Refactor the Layout

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4,400 Points

I don't understand what I am doing wrong here. Can anyone help me?

I set the width of the LI elements inside #gallery, but I am still being asked if I did that ? This is confusing. Please help..

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

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

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

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

h1 {
  font-family: ‘Changa One’, sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

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

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

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

nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

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

.profile-photo {
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto 30px;
      max-width: 150px;
  border-radius: 100%;
}

.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;
}

@media screen and (max-width: 800px) {
  #gallery li {width:28.3333%;}
}

4 Answers

Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points
Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points

Ah.

To select every fourth child, you need to add the 'n' to the number, and use 'nth-child', like so:

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

Rewatch the previous few videos to let this sink in!

Erik

Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points
Erik McClintock
Erik McClintock
45,783 Points

Did you alter any other code? When I copy and paste your declaration inside the media query into the challenge, it passes just fine.

Erik

4,400 Points
4,400 Points

Thanks Erik, but my problem is with part #2 of the refactoring problem for Media-Query (for this 'Front-End Web Development Course' with Mr. Pettit):

"inside the media query - clear every 4th list item in the gallery ..

then I do this:

#gallery li:nth-item(3) {width:28.33%; clear:left;}

then I get more silly objections in red like:

"Did you set clear:left on every fourth gallery list item?"

WHAT's GOING ON HERE?

4,400 Points
4,400 Points

thank you very very much !!!!