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CSS How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Create a Horizontal List of Links

Posted by chey pettitt
chey pettitt
657 Points

left and right confused

nav ul { margin: 10px 0 0; }

i need to change the left and right to 10px forgot wich to change

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;
}

4 Answers

Ben Spears
Ben Spears
19,148 Points
Ben Spears
Ben Spears
19,148 Points

The syntax is margin: top, right, bottom, left. Also you cannot define 3 of them, it has to be all 4 or just 2 for top and bottom/left and right.

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
5,512 Points

You can use 3 values for shorthand writing margin. 

margin { 10px 5px 20px; }

Equates to:

margin-top: 10px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 20px;

Happy coding!

Stu

Andrew Koines
Andrew Koines
4,986 Points
Andrew Koines
Andrew Koines
4,986 Points

Chey,

If you have any questions about the use or syntax of any other CSS properties, I would suggest that you try Mozilla's CSS Reference at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
5,512 Points

Great tip, Andrew. I also like W3Schools, especially using the live editor.

chey pettitt
chey pettitt
657 Points
chey pettitt
chey pettitt
657 Points

thank you ben

chey pettitt
chey pettitt
657 Points
chey pettitt
chey pettitt
657 Points

i will cheers :)