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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Enhancing the Design With CSS Gradients

Posted by Tristan Magpantay
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Tristan Magpantay
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,032 Points

problem with gradient direction from bottom to top

hi,

I don't understand what I'm doing wrong here with the gradient direction from bottom to top. I get an error message saying that the first color is not the good one.

thanks for you help

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.main-header {
    background-image: linear-gradient(180deg, steelblue, darkslateblue 90%);
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lake Tahoe</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
  </head>
  <body> 
    <header id="top" class="main-header">
      <span class="title">Journey Through the Sierra Nevada Mountains</span>
      <h1 class="main-heading">Lake Tahoe, California</h1>
    </header>

        <div class="primary-content">
            <p class="intro">
                Lake Tahoe is one of the most breathtaking attractions located in California. It's home to a number of ski resorts, summer outdoor recreation, and tourist attractions. Snow and skiing are a significant part of the area's reputation.
            </p>
            <a class="callout" href="#more">Find out more</a>
        </div><!-- End .primary-content -->
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
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Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,254 Points

To get past the third stage, you simply need to provide the colour stops as arguments to the linear() method.

e.g. 

.main-header {
background: linear-gradient(colour1, colour2);
}

You've set the colour stop position correctly.

Check out the web docs to determine how to correctly set the direction of the gradient! :-)

Tristan Magpantay
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Tristan Magpantay
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,032 Points

thanks for your answer, all good now by replacing 180deg by 0deg in the linear-gradient

Tristan Magpantay
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Tristan Magpantay
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,032 Points
Tristan Magpantay
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Tristan Magpantay
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 14,032 Points

sorry all good now, in the css file in the linear-gradient, I replaced the 180deg by 0deg

regards