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CSS How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Create a Horizontal List of Links

Posted by James Biddle
James Biddle
3,853 Points

CSS Margins

select the ul nested inside the nav element and remove the top and bottom margins - then set the margins on the left and right to 10px

my entry:

nav ul { margin: 0 10 0 10; }

Keeps coming back with be sure to set the top margin to zero!!!! grrrr

I even did

margin-top:none;

margin-top:0;

same error.

Thanks for any help!

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

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

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

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}

h1 {
  font-family: ‘Changa One’, sans-serif;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: normal;
}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}

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

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

nav ul {
  margin: 0 10 0 10; 
}

3 Answers

Justin Iezzi
Justin Iezzi
18,199 Points

Remember that with any margin value, you will need to specify the unit type at all times unless it's 0. You'll want to use the px unit type on your left and right margin values. That should fix your issue.

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Justin is right, you're just missing the px on the left and right.

And, if you want, the shorthand answer would be 

margin: 0 10px;

First value does top and bottom. Second value does left and right.

James Biddle
James Biddle
3,853 Points
James Biddle
James Biddle
3,853 Points

Thanks all !