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Start your free trialAnnika Song
2,033 PointsWhere should I put the margin and padding in this CSS file??
Thank you for replying.
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>List Example</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css">
</head>
<body>
<a class= "social-links" href="#">Follow me on Twitter!</a>
<a class= "social-links" href="#">Send me an Email!</a>
</body>
</html>
.social-links
{ }
2 Answers
Joe Dodd
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,203 PointsYou're almost there. You've created the declaration in the CSS file, now you need to add the margin
and padding
rules.
.social-links {
// code here
}
Michael Fazekas
3,070 Pointsany value goes in between the curly brackets in the CSS file. like this. /Just replace the display and color with margin and padding and remember to use pixels or ems or rem's./ Just keep coding you got this!
.social-links {
display: inline-block;
color: #000000;
}
Annika Song
2,033 PointsAnnika Song
2,033 Points.social-links { margin=10px; padding=15px; }
is this the right thing to do?
Joe Dodd
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,203 PointsJoe Dodd
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,203 PointsAnnika Song That's it, except you want to write your rules like this...
margin: 10px;