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HTML How to Make a Website Adding Pages to a Website Add a New Page

Michael Mannucci
Michael Mannucci
3,457 Points
Posted by Michael Mannucci
Michael Mannucci
3,457 Points

nav a.selected and nav a:hover not working

Hi, I just realized that coloring the nav does not work for me. I made sure to double check and even do it again. The a.selected doesn't work at all, and a:hover only works if the pages aren't created (in other words, about will change color upon hover if about.html does not exist. When it exists, it only remains white.)

-----------------------------------------------CSS-----------------------------------------------

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

body{ font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; }

wrapper {

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

a { text-decoration: none; }

img { max-width: 100%; }

/*********************************************** HEADING ***********************************************/

header { float: left; margin: 0 0 30px 0; padding: 5px 0 0 0; width: 100%; }

logo {

text-align: center; margin: 0; }

h1 { font-family: 'Changa One', sane-serif; margin; 15px 0; font-size: 1.75em; font-weight: normal; line-height: 0.8em; }

h2{ font-size: 0.75; margin: -5px, 0, 0; font-weight: normal; }

/*********************************************** NAVIGATION ***********************************************/

nav { text-align: center; padding: 10px 0; margin: 20px 0 0; }

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

nav li { display: inline-block; }

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

/*********************************************** FOOTER ***********************************************/

footer { font-size: 0.75em; text-align: center; clear: both; padding-top: 50px; color: #ccc; }

.social-icon { width: 20px; height: auto; padding: 0 5px; transition: opacity .25s ease-in-out; -moz-transition: opacity .25s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: opacity .25s ease-in-out; }

.social-icon:hover { opacity: .5; }

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

gallery {

margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style: none; }

gallery li {

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

gallery li a p {

margin: 0; padding: 5%; font-size: 0.75em; color: #bdc3c7; }

.thumb { transition: opacity .5s ease-in-out; -moz-transition: opacity .5s ease-in-out; -webkit-transition: opacity .5s ease-in-out; }

.thumb:hover { opacity: 0.75 ; }

/*********************************************** COLORS ***********************************************/

/* site body */ body { background-color: #fff; color: #999; }

/* green header */ header { background: #6ab47b; border-color: #599a68; }

/* selected nav link */ nav a.selected, nav a:hover { color: #32673F }

/* logo text */ h1, h2 { color: #fff }

/* links */ a { color: #6ab47b }

/* nav background on mobile devices */ nav { background: #599a68; }

/* nav link */ nav a, nav a:visited { color: #fff; }

-----------------------------------------------HTML-----------------------------------------------

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Michael Mannucci | Designer</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400,700,400italic,700italic,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html" id="logo"> <h1>Michael Mannucci</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 id="gallery"> <li> <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="" class="thumb"> <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p> </a>
</li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="" class="thumb"> <p>Playing with belnding modes in Photoshop.</p> </a>
</li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="" class="thumb"> <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="" class="thumb"> <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p> </a>
</li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="" class="thumb"> <p>Creating shapes using repetition.</p> </a>
</li> </ul> </section> <footer> <a href="http://duckgamehats.com"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter logo" class="social-icon"> </a> <a href="http://quackhats.com"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook logo" class="social-icon"> </a> <p>Ā© 2015 Michael Mannucci.</p> </footer> </div> </body> </html>

laurad
laurad
1,229 Points
laurad
laurad
1,229 Points

You are missing a semicolon.

2 Answers

Michael Mannucci
Michael Mannucci
3,457 Points
Michael Mannucci
Michael Mannucci
3,457 Points

Ok, I added it, and it still is not working.

james brazil
james brazil
2,582 Points
james brazil
james brazil
2,582 Points 
<li><a href="about.html" class="selected">About</a></li>

/*nav link*/
  nav a, nav a:visited {
    color: #fff;
}

/*selected nav link*/
nav a.selected, nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

the only mistake i see is an omission of the semicolon.