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CSS How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Use ID Selectors

Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points
Posted by Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points

My div id is not working,

Okay so I declared my div tag and gave it the id "wrapper" but when I try to change the div's property's in my main.css It does not apply my changes.

The following have not worked: -Refreshing the page

  • Saving the program -Restarting work shop

So here is my code:

```<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

<head>

<meta charset="utf-8">

<title> TheBlueStormGaming | Video Maker</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">

</head>

<body>

<header>

  <a href="index.html">

    <h1>TheBlueStormGaming</h1>

    <h2>Video Maker</h2>

  </a>

  <nav>

    <ul>

      <li><a href="index.html">Funny Pics</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/maxresdefault.jpg">

          <img src="Img/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="">

          <p>Picture of my favorite god on smite.</p>

        </a>

      </li>

      <li>

        <a href="Img/World Of Tanks.jpg">

          <img src="Img/World Of Tanks.jpg" alt="">

          <p>This is a picture of a real tank off of WoT.</p>

        </a>

      </li>

      <li>

        <a href="Img/TheKid.jpg">

          <img src="Img/TheKid.jpg" alt="">

          <p>A close up of the main character on I Want To Be The Guy.</p>

        </a>

      </li>

       <li>

\ <a href="Img/issac.jpg">

          <img src="Img/issac.jpg" alt="">

          <p>All the characters in Binding of Isaac</p>

        </a>

      </li>

       <li>

        <a href="Img/medic.jpg">

          <img src="Img/medic.jpg" alt="">

          <p>Funny picture of a how I feel when i'm a medic in TF2</p>

        </a>

      </li>

    </ul>

  </section>

  <footer>

    <a href="http://twitter.com/devinscheu"> <Img src="Img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="twitter logo"> </a>

    <a href="http://facebook.com/devinscheu"> <Img src="Img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="facebook logo"> </a>

    <p>&copy; 2014 TheBlueStormGaming.</p>

  </footer>

</div>

</body>

</html>```

And this is the code in main.css:

a {

text-decoration: none;

}

wrapper {

max-width: 940px;

margin: 0 auto;

}

Victor Rodriguez
Victor Rodriguez
15,015 Points

make sure your code is properly formatted as per the Markdown Cheatsheet specifications (three back-ticks before and after code.), so we can see your code properly, also make sure the indentations are good enough to make it readable.

4 Answers

Austin Davis
Austin Davis
23,939 Points
Austin Davis
Austin Davis
23,939 Points

By fixed it- do you mean the problem is solved? Was the "#" character missing before the div id in the css?

Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points
Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points

Thank you, I have reformatted.

Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points
Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points

Never mind, I fixed it.

Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points
Devin Scheu
Devin Scheu
66,191 Points

I fixed the issue. Thank you for clarifying though.

kerry bennett
kerry bennett
1,976 Points
kerry bennett
kerry bennett
1,976 Points

what was your issue with the div? I'm having a similar issue trying to target a photo. won't resize photo. As soon as i use the image tag it works immediately. No good if i have three images on a page.