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

Cory Bates
Cory Bates
2,502 Points
Posted by Cory Bates
Cory Bates
2,502 Points

Images not floating left, need help!

I've been reviewing all the questions here and it looks like i have one that is very similar. I feel like i've done everything exactly like Nick has here, but i must have missed something. Could someone please take a look and let me know? The images are displaying all in one column, and the light grey color (#f5f5f5) isn't showing up behind the text under the images.

Here is my GENERAL section:

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

body {
  font-family: 'Alegreya', serif;
}

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

a, a:visited {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #6ab47b;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

And here is the PAGE PORTFOLIO section:

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

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

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

Here is my HTML. 

        <ul id="gallery">
          <l1>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>This is text that goes below the image</p>
            </a>
          </l1>
          <l1>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>This is text that goes below the image</p>
            </a>
          </l1>
          <l1>
            <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
              <p>This is text that goes below the image</p>
            </a>
          </l1>
          <l1>
            <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
              <p>This is text that goes below the image</p>
            </a>
          </l1>
          <l1>
            <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
              <p>This is text that goes below the image</p>
            </a>
          </l1>
        </ul>

3 Answers

Cesar Vanbuskirk
Cesar Vanbuskirk
6,672 Points
Cesar Vanbuskirk
Cesar Vanbuskirk
6,672 Points

I think your using l1 instead of li.

Cory Bates
Cory Bates
2,502 Points
Cory Bates
Cory Bates
2,502 Points

Yes, it appears i am! Zero idea how that happened, but i appreciate your answer Cesar!