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CSS

Posted by Peter J
Peter J
1,867 Points

Floating the "#Gallery li" left makes the two columns uneven in both the text and images.

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

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

a {
    text-decoration: none;
}

img {
    max-width: 100%;
}

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

h1 {
    font-family: 'Mukta', 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;
}

a {
    color: #6ab47b;
}


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: white;
    color: ;
}

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

h1, h2 {
    color: white;
}

nav {
    background: #599a68;
}

nav a, nav a:visited {
    color: white;
}
nav a.selected, nav a:hover {
    color: #932f61;
}

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Peter Foy</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Mukta" rel="stylesheet">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <style>

 </style>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>

      <a href="index.html" id=logo>
        <h1>Peter Foy</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a> <!-- nav should be outside of this link-->

      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</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=""></li>
                    <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
                </a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
                    <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt=""></li>
                    <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
                </a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
                    <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt=""></li>
                    <p>Recreating an 80's style of glow.</p>
                </a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
                    <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt=""></li>
                    <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p>
                </a>
            </li>
            <li>
                <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
                    <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt=""></li>
                    <p>Creating shapes using repitition.</p>
                </a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </section>
    <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/random"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/peter-foy"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a>
      <p>&copy; 2013 Peter Foy.</p>
    </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
Peter J
Peter J
1,867 Points

I noticed that when I deleted text from <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p> then refreshed, the images all lined up nicely. Adding any text into it throws it off.

1 Answer

Peter J
Peter J
1,867 Points
Peter J
Peter J
1,867 Points

Update: I found the error. I had an extra </li> after each paragraph for some reason.