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HTML How to Make a Website Responsive Web Design and Testing Build a Three Column Layout

Posted by Ben Carroll
Ben Carroll
3,201 Points

text and images all on top of each other once window is made smaller

Hello I am trying to use the nth child command on my portfolio page but whenever I resize the window it seems to be all on top of one another

@media screen and (min-width:480px) {

/****************** TWO COLUMN LAYOUT ******************/

primary {

    width: 50%;
    float: left;

}

secondary {

    width: 40%;
    float: right;

} }

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

gallery {

width: 28.3333%;

}

gallery li:nth-child(4n) {

clear: left;

} @media screen and (min-width:660px) {}

and my main css page

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;

}

any help will be great :)

4 Answers

Miguel Palau
Miguel Palau
24,176 Points
Miguel Palau
Miguel Palau
24,176 Points

Do you have a source page where I can see it live to help you.

Also did you do a clearfix?

Ben Carroll
Ben Carroll
3,201 Points
Ben Carroll
Ben Carroll
3,201 Points

no to both :(

Miguel Palau
Miguel Palau
24,176 Points
Miguel Palau
Miguel Palau
24,176 Points

Ok so first do a clearfix on the container of primary and secondary. Like this

.container:after {
  content:"";
  display:table;
  clear:both;
}

Then comeback here to see if that helped

Ben Carroll
Ben Carroll
3,201 Points
Ben Carroll
Ben Carroll
3,201 Points

I put #gallery li next to the width and it seems to have worked! but the 2nd image is still overlapping the text of the first image when the window is really small

Lennart Querter
Lennart Querter
11,533 Points
Lennart Querter
Lennart Querter
11,533 Points

I change in the main.css

html <p> .contact-info a { display: block } </p>

to:

html <p> .contact-info a { display: inline-block } </p>