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

Kelly Martin
Kelly Martin
4,859 Points
Posted by Kelly Martin
Kelly Martin
4,859 Points

Why isn't my code for setting the margins working?

I'm taking the challenge for stage 6, where I have to set the top margins to 0, my code works just fine in the workspace, and I can change everything else in the nav element, but the margins just won't adjust. I don't get it.

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: #CCC;
}
nav {
  margin-top: 0px;
  margin-bottom: 0px;
  margin-right: 10px; 
  margin-left: 10px; 
}

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;
}

1 Answer

Richard Nicholls
Richard Nicholls
1,301 Points

you have to target the ul inside the nav

nav ul { margin: }

Kelly Martin
Kelly Martin
4,859 Points
Kelly Martin
Kelly Martin
4,859 Points

Thanks, that was driving me crazy