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

Andrey Bogachevsky
Andrey Bogachevsky
1,821 Points
Posted by Andrey Bogachevsky
Andrey Bogachevsky
1,821 Points

Some problem with div aligning div

I'm novice, and I'm from Russia, sorry for some text mistakes if it would be. I try to align div by using this code: in html <div id="wrapper"> bla bla bla </div>

in css

wrapper {

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

but! It is not working.

it works by using another combination in css:

(something like this)

div1 {

width:288px; height:30px; position: fixed; <!-- for example --> left: 50%; margin-left:-144px; font-family: Impact; font-size:20px; border-style:none; z-index:1; }

Why? (google chrome browser)

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>
Karim Bostan
Karim Bostan
20,430 Points

Hi, It doesn't work as in max-width property you left space in it's value between 940 and px and you shouldn't..

So, instead of this

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

you should remove the space and write the value like this one

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

2 Answers

Karim Bostan
Karim Bostan
20,430 Points
Karim Bostan
Karim Bostan
20,430 Points

you are welcome :)