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

Posted by Christoph Pirringer
Christoph Pirringer
2,663 Points

why is nav ul{ margin: 0, 10px; } wrong for setting top and bottom margin to 0 and left and right to 10px ?

Can someone give me a pointer on margins please?

css/main.css 
a {
  text-decoration: none;
}

nav ul{
  margin:0, 10px;
}

#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: #f5f5f5;
  color: #bdc3c7;
}

4 Answers

Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

There shouldn't be a comma between the margin values.

ul {
  margin: 0 10px;
}
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points
Jeff Lemay
Jeff Lemay
14,268 Points

Longer form would be:

ul {
  margin: 0 10px 0 10px;
}
Kirstine Nichols
Kirstine Nichols
13,592 Points
Kirstine Nichols
Kirstine Nichols
13,592 Points

Your way is correct but, I believe this challenge wants you to do it long-hand.

For example:

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

That's what worked for me.

Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points
Sean T. Unwin
Sean T. Unwin
28,690 Points

Remove the comma between 0 and 10px. Spaces are used for separation in margin values. :)