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HTML How to Make a Website CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Center the Wrapper

Posted by Kevan Shah
Kevan Shah
287 Points

When I simply add 'background' and then put the colour orange, the page reverts back to the original status

After I centred it, and we were to add the background colour, I did it, but then it turned back to how it originally was. Here is the code for it:

a { text-decoration: none;
}

wrapper {

max-width: 940px; margin: 0 auto background: orange;
}

It turns back and I don't know why

1 Answer

Martin Balon
Martin Balon
43,651 Points
Martin Balon
Martin Balon
43,651 Points

It seems like you forgot to put semicolon after margin: 0 auto. 

a { 
    text-decoration: none;
}

wrapper {
    max-width: 940px; 
    margin: 0 auto;
    background: orange;
}
Michael Lambert
Michael Lambert
6,286 Points
Michael Lambert
Michael Lambert
6,286 Points

looks like you forgot to put the # before the word 'wrapper' :)