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CSS How to Make a Website Adding Pages to a Website Add Iconography

William Reyes
William Reyes
1,015 Points
Posted by William Reyes
William Reyes
1,015 Points

White space only at the top of the "contact" page

I'm trying to figure out how to solve this problem, the "contact" page has a white space at the top and the other pages not.

William Reyes
William Reyes
1,015 Points
William Reyes
William Reyes
1,015 Points

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>William Reyes</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>William Reyes</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html" class="selected">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <h3>General Information</h3>
        <p>I am not currently looking for new design work, but I am available for speaking gigs and similar engagements. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me!</p>
        <p>Please only use phone contact for urgent inquiries. Otherwise, Twitter and email are the best way to reach me.</p>
      </section>
      <section>
        <h3>Contact Details</h3>
        <ul class="contact-info">
          <li class="phone"><a href="tel:555-6425">555-6425</a></li>
          <li class="mail"><a href="mailto:william@example.com">william@example.com</a></li>
          <li class="twitter"><a href="http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?screen_name=zokhes">@zokhes</a></li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/zokhes"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2014 William Reyes.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

CSS

/*································
             General
·································*/

body {
  font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
}

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

a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}



/*································
             Heading
·································*/
header {
  float: left;
  margin: 0 0 30px 0;
  padding: 5px 0 0 0;
  width: 100%;
}

#logo {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0;
}

h1 {
  font-family: 'Changa One', sans-serif;
  margin: 15px 0;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
  line-height: 0.8em;
}

h2 {
  font-size: 0.75em;
  margin: -5px 0 0;
  font-weight: normal;
}



/*································
            Navigation
·································*/

nav {
  text-align: center;
  padding: 10px 0;
  margin: 20px 0 0;
}

nav ul {
  list-style: none;
  margin: 0 10px;
  padding: 0;
}

nav li {
  display: inline-block;
}

nav a {
  font-weight: 800;
  padding: 15px 10px;
}


/*································
              Footer
·································*/

footer {
  font-size: 0.75em;
  text-align: center;
  clear: both;
  padding-top: 50px;
  color: #ccc;
}

.social-icon {
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  margin: 0 5px;
}


/*································
         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;
}



/*································
           Page: About
·································*/
.profile-photo {
  display: block;
  max-width: 150px;
  margin: 0 auto 30px;
  border-radius: 100%;
}



/*································
          Page: Contact
·································*/

.contact-info {
  list-style: none;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  font-size: 0.9em;

}



/*································
              Colors
·································*/

/* site body */
body {
  background-color: #fff;
  color: #999;
}

/* green header */
header {
  background: #6ab47b;
  border-color: #599a68;
}

/* nav background on mobile */
nav {
  background: #599a68;
}

/* logo text */
h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

/* links */
a {
  color: #6ab47b;
}

/* nav link */
nav a, nav a:visited {
  color: #fff;
}

/* selected nav link */
nav a.selected, nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

3 Answers

geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

Ok, I've looked quickly at it with the webdeveloper tool and it seems there are some unneeded margin applied to body and h3 causing your issue.

If you apply these rules:

body,h3{
margin:0;
}

This is going to work, there 'll be no gap, but If I were you I would look further, It's odd to have that issue on this particular page and not the others, but that might indeed be the case if you added some styles to this page only.

geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points
geoffrey
geoffrey
28,736 Points

Hi William, I would be glad to help you, but that's going to be tricky without any code to look at, would you mind sharing a link to your workspace ? if you build this project with this one.