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

Jessica Pehrson
Jessica Pehrson
1,648 Points
Posted by Jessica Pehrson
Jessica Pehrson
1,648 Points

whats wrong with this

what am i doing wrong?

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}
#wrapper {
  max-width: 940
  margin: center
}
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>
Laurence Foley
Laurence Foley
16,695 Points

To center the #wrapper div you need to first specify a width, then set the margin property to auto. The keyword auto will automatically calculate the left and right margin of an element so that it is always centered.

#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: auto;
}

2 Answers

Antonio Bonet
Antonio Bonet
4,090 Points 
 a{
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper{
  max-width:940;
  margin:center;
}
Jessica Pehrson
Jessica Pehrson
1,648 Points
Jessica Pehrson
Jessica Pehrson
1,648 Points

i tried those changes and it still says Im wrong. that i need to check my max-width

Laurence Foley
Laurence Foley
16,695 Points

I forgot to mention that you were missing a semi-colon after max-width: 960px

Jessica Pehrson
Jessica Pehrson
1,648 Points
Jessica Pehrson
Jessica Pehrson
1,648 Points

a { text-decoration: none; }

wrapper { max-width: 980px;

margin: auto; }

i just tried this and it still is wrong idk whats wrong about it

Laurence Foley
Laurence Foley
16,695 Points

Sorry, I thought you were asked to center the div. I see that they want you to remove the underlines form all links. All you need to do is this

   a  {
  text-decoration: none
}
Laurence Foley
Laurence Foley
16,695 Points

just seen the other step now. It looks you just have the wrong width value, it should be 940px. Try this.

a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

#wrapper {
  max-width: 960px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}