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HTML How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Style the Basic Elements

Posted by Leigh Ann Burckhardt
Leigh Ann Burckhardt
898 Points

Max-width mistake?

For the life of me I cannot figure out what I am doing wrong on this challenge- it's referencing the max-width being wrong

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

}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940 px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 5%;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</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>
          <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">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Creating shapes using repetition.</p>
            </a>
          </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 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Alex Gervais
Alex Gervais
5,290 Points
Alex Gervais
Alex Gervais
5,290 Points

You added a '}' behind ``` text-decoration: none

remove the '}' and replace it with a ';'


Edit: Also, remove the space between '940' and 'px'

Edit: You should double check that you have a ';' at the end of your css rules :)
Aiden Mitchell
Aiden Mitchell
5,572 Points
Aiden Mitchell
Aiden Mitchell
5,572 Points

Use this code.

a  {
     text-decoration: none
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 5%;
}
Alex Gervais
Alex Gervais
5,290 Points
Alex Gervais
Alex Gervais
5,290 Points

You forgot to terminate the text-decoration rule. Not that it's required in this specific case, but it is a best practice. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11939595/leaving-out-the-last-semicolon-of-a-css-block

Leigh Ann Burckhardt
Leigh Ann Burckhardt
898 Points
Leigh Ann Burckhardt
Leigh Ann Burckhardt
898 Points

Awesome, you guys helped me earn my badge! Woo hoo!