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

Posted by Ben Mohammad
Ben Mohammad
5,659 Points

Nav element ? Nav links? define?

Stuck on this .........someone mayday mayday!

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{
font-weight: 800;
  padding: 15px 10px 15px 10px;

}

nav li{
display: inline-block;
}
nav a {
  color: #fff;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}
nav ul{
margin: 0 10px 0 10px;
list-style: none;
  padding: 0;

}
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;
}

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

The instructions for Task 4 say "Select the links inside the nav element", but it looks like you selected the nav element itself. Remember that "inside" is just short for "nested inside".

If you look at the sample you'll notice there's already a rule with the correct selector, so optionally you can add the necessary properties to the existing rule.

Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points
Simon Coates
Simon Coates
28,694 Points

seems to accept:

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

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

h1, h2 {
  color: #fff;
}
nav{
font-weight: 800;
  padding: 15px 10px 15px 10px;

}

nav li{
display: inline-block;
}
nav a {
  color: #fff;
  font-weight: 800;
  padding: 15px 10px;
}

nav a:hover {
  color: #32673f;
}
nav ul{
margin: 0 10px 0 10px;
list-style: none;
  padding: 0;

}
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;
}