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

Posted by Brandy Mackey
Brandy Mackey
3,309 Points

what am I doing wrong it keeps telling me to make sure the background color for gallery list is a color of my choosing..

I'm not sure what I am doing wrong I've changed the color and redid the list a bunch but can't seem to figure out where I wen't wrong...Please 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:#000; color:#fff;}
#gallery li a p {background color:#000; color:#fff;}

1 Answer

Abe Layee
Abe Layee
8,378 Points
Abe Layee
Abe Layee
8,378 Points

You forgot to add a space in the background-color.

#gallery li {
   float:left;
  width:45%;
  margin:2.5%;
  background-color:red;// background-color not background color
  color:#fff;
}