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CSS CSS Layout CSS Media Queries Media Queries

Posted by Alana Warson
Alana Warson
5,296 Points

create a media query that targets all devices when the viewpoint is 769px or wider. Inside the media query, target the

Here is the second part to the media query challenge:

@media screen and (max-width:769px) { .logo{ font-size: 1.4rem}

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
@media screen and (min-width:421px) {
  header {
    background-color: #294969;
    color: ghostwhite;
  }
}
@media screen and (max-width:769px) {
 .logo {
    font-size: 1.4rem;
  }
  .h1 {
    font-size: 4rem;
  }
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Developer Diane's blog</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="page.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <header>
    <div id="logo">Developer Diane’s Blog</div>
  </header>
  <article>
    <section class="intro">
      <h1>The verdict is in. CSS Layout is great!</h1>
      <p>I’ve been working with CSS for a while now, and I have to say, it’s pretty awesome. I love being able to separate content from presentation, and to keep all my styles in an external stylesheet.</p>
      <p>I’ve had a pretty good grasp on the basics for a while now, but I needed to learn more about how to control layout with my CSS. Understanding CSS layout meant first exploring the parts of the CSS box model.</p>
    </section>
    <section class="featured">
      <h2>The CSS Box Model</h2>
      <p>There are lots of great resources online to help you learn the CSS Box Model. I like the CSS Tricks article <a href="https://css-tricks.com/the-css-box-model/" target="_blank">The CSS Box Model</a> by Chris Coyier. To quote the author:</p>
      <blockquote>At the risk of over-repeating myself: <strong>every element in web design is a rectangular box.</strong></blockquote>
      <p>That’s right! Every HTML element is considered by the browser to be a rectangular box.</p>
      <p>The CSS Box Model consists of four properties: content, padding, border, and margin. I've included a graphic from Coyier’s article to illustrate this principle.</p>
      <p class="clear">It’s pretty easy to understand the Content portion of the box model. The content is whatever your HTML consists of. It could be a paragraph full of text, or a bulleted list, or an image.</p>
      <p>Beginning developers may have some trouble keeping the other parts of the box model straight, so let’s examine them one by one.</p>
    </section>
    <footer>©2020 Developer Diane.</footer>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Cameron Childres
Cameron Childres
11,820 Points
Cameron Childres
Cameron Childres
11,820 Points

Hi Alana,

You're almost there, just need to make a few tweaks to get it working properly:

  • Use min-width instead of max-width since you want everything that is 769px or wider/greater
  • Target the ID of logo (#logo) not the class (.logo)
  • Target the h1 element (h1) not an h1 class (.h1)

It's not necessary for completion of the challenge, but adding another curly brace at the end to close out the media query would be good form. Hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions.

@media screen and (min-width:769px) {
 #logo {
    font-size: 1.4rem;
  }
  h1 {
    font-size: 4rem;
  }
}
Raechel Kelso
Raechel Kelso
6,037 Points

I'm still getting an error for the #logo font size. "Bummer: Did you specify the correct font size for '#logo'?"

I have it just as above, but I'm stumped. Please help :(

Cameron Childres
Cameron Childres
11,820 Points
Cameron Childres
Cameron Childres
11,820 Points

Hey Raechel,

Would you mind copying and pasting exactly what you're submitting either here or in a new post so I can take a look?

Raechel Kelso
Raechel Kelso
6,037 Points
Raechel Kelso
Raechel Kelso
6,037 Points

actually, my mentor helped me! I was missing curly braces around the beginning and end, but thank you :)