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CSS How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Make a CSS Image Gallery

Posted by steveleu
steveleu
688 Points

Stage 6. Styling Web Pages and Navigation. I'm asked to add a margin of 2.5% and choose a background color and color of

gallery li {

float: left;
width: 45%;
margin: 2.5%; background-color: #ffff99 color: #3399ff }

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}
 img {
 max-width: 100%;
 }

#gallery {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none;
}
#gallery li {
 float: left;
  width: 45%;  
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #ffff99
  color: #3399ff
}
#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;
}

1 Answer

Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points
Greg Kaleka
Greg Kaleka
39,021 Points

Hi Steve,

You're just missing semicolons. See how every CSS statement has a semicolon after it except the two you added? If you add them in, it should work.

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;  
  margin: 2.5%;
  background-color: #ffff99;
  color: #3399ff;
}