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CSS How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Style the Portfolio

Justin Lubenow
Justin Lubenow
918 Points
Posted by Justin Lubenow
Justin Lubenow
918 Points

Why are my captions under images displaying gray text? This text is green in the video since they are links.

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Senior Advisors | Medicare Experts</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,800,700' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html" id="logo"> <h1>Senior Advisors</h1> <h2>Medicare Expert with the Heart of Teacher</h2> </a> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Educational Videos</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 id="gallery"> <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 with...</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; 2015 Senior Advisors.</p>
  </footer>
</div>

</body> </html>

Justin Lubenow
Justin Lubenow
918 Points
Justin Lubenow
Justin Lubenow
918 Points 
/*************************************
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
*************************************/


#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;
}


/*************************************
FOOTER
*************************************/

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




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

#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}

#gallery li {
   float: left;
   width: 45%;
   margin: 2.5%;
   background-color: #f5f5f5;
   color: #bdc3c7;
}



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

/* green header */
header {
  background: #888;
  border-color: #599a68;
}

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

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

/* links */
a {
  color: #888;
}

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

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

2 Answers

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Justin,

You're missing the equal sign for your alt attribute on all of your gallery images.

Example:

<img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt"">

I would suggest fixing that first and then we can look at the css if it's still a problem.

Justin Lubenow
Justin Lubenow
918 Points
Justin Lubenow
Justin Lubenow
918 Points

Thanks for the quick response Jason.

I updated all my alt attributes to include the = sign, but I am still seeing gray text instead of green in the captions.

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

It looks like you deviated a little bit from the colors Nick used in this video https://teamtreehouse.com/library/how-to-make-a-website/customizing-colors-and-fonts/use-color-in-css

You used #888 for your header background and links color but Nick used #6ab47b

Justin Lubenow
Justin Lubenow
918 Points
Justin Lubenow
Justin Lubenow
918 Points

Thanks Jason - that was the issue!