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HTML How to Make a Website Styling Web Pages and Navigation Style the Portfolio

Posted by Joshua Barker
Joshua Barker
7,984 Points

My code is correct in main.css, however my elements are not floating in two columns

GENERAL
**************************/

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


#wrapper {
  max-width: 940px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0 5%;
}

a {
  text-decoration:none;

}

img {
  max-width: 100%;
}



/**************************
HEADING
**************************/


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

h1 {
font-family:'Changa One', 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
}

/**************************
NAVIGATION
**************************/

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;
}

#gallery li a p {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 5%;
  font-size: 0.75em;
  color: #bdc3c7;

}
/**************************
COLORS
**************************/
/* Site body*/
body {
  background-color: #fff;
  color: #999;
}

/* green header*/
header {
  background: #6ab47b;
  border-color: #599a68;
}
/* logo text*/
h1, h2 {
  color:#fff;
}
/* links*/
a {
  color:#6ab47b;
}
/* nav background on mobile*/
nav {
  background: #599a68;
  }
/* nav link*/
nav a, nav a:visited {
color: #fff;
}
/* selected nav link*/
nav a.selected, nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}```

```<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Joshua Barker | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa One" rel="stylesheet">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Joshua Barker</h1>
        <h2> Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <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="">
                <p>Experimentation with color and texture</p>
              </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
               <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
                <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop</p>
              </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
               <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
                <p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows</p>
              </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
               <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
                <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes</p>
              </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
               <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
                <p>Creating shapes using repetition</p>
              </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
          </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://www.twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt= "Twitter Logo"></a>
        <a href="https://www.facebook.com/phoenixxrising28"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt ="Facebook Logo"></a>
      <p>&copy; 2017 Joshua Barker.</p>
          </footer>
        </div>
    </body>
  </html>

3 Answers

Michael Lambert
Michael Lambert
6,286 Points

The reason why it's not floating is because you have missed off the = sign after the 'id' 

<ul id"gallery">
  <li>
    <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
    <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
    <p>Experimentation with color and texture</p>
    </a>
  </li>
Evan Agee
Evan Agee
13,088 Points
Evan Agee
Evan Agee
13,088 Points

I would download CloudApp, it's free and perfect for this sort of thing. https://www.getcloudapp.com/

Joshua Barker
Joshua Barker
7,984 Points

I started all over, wiped out the main.css and it's working now. Really appreciate your help!

Evan Agee
Evan Agee
13,088 Points
Evan Agee
Evan Agee
13,088 Points

Can you post a screenshot of how it looks currently? One potential issue is that you haven't set a display: block property for your #gallery li styles.

Joshua Barker
Joshua Barker
7,984 Points

Been trying to attach a picture. What's the best route since Print Screen is not working?