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CSS CSS Layout Basics Getting Started with CSS Layout Layout Wrapper Challenge

Posted by Ramana Bhavaraju
Ramana Bhavaraju
1,677 Points

why width:80% is incorrect!

.container { width: 80%; margin: 0 auto;

}

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Getting Started with CSS Layout</title>
    <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Varela+Round' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
    <body>
    <div class="container">
        <header>
            <h1>Best City Guide</h1>
        </header>

        <div class="main">
            <h2>Welcome!</h2>
            <p>Dessert toffee chocolate lollipop fruitcake cake sweet. Pudding cotton candy chocolate pudding liquorice jelly marzipan. Muffin gummies topping lollipop. Caramels chocolate cake donut liquorice.</p>
            <p>Cake sesame snaps sweet tart candy canes tiramisu I love oat cake chocolate bar. Jelly beans pastry brownie sugar plum pastry bear claw tiramisu tootsie roll.</p>
        </div>

        <footer>
            <p>&copy;2015 Residents of The Best City.</p>
        </footer>
    </div>
    </body>
</html>
style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.container
{
  width : 80%;
  margin : 0 auto;
}

3 Answers

Chyno Deluxe
Chyno Deluxe
16,936 Points

While technically your answer is correct. The code challenge is looking for a specific structure for the answer. You have spaces between your property and semi-colon. Try this.

/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.container {
  width: 80%;
  margin: 0 auto;
}

I hope this helps

Ramana Bhavaraju
Ramana Bhavaraju
1,677 Points
Ramana Bhavaraju
Ramana Bhavaraju
1,677 Points

that what i and in my answer

Ramana Bhavaraju
Ramana Bhavaraju
1,677 Points
Ramana Bhavaraju
Ramana Bhavaraju
1,677 Points

that what i and in my answer