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CSS CSS Selectors Selectors - Beyond the Basics Combinators Challenge

Posted by shmuel disraeli
shmuel disraeli
3,591 Points

seting the corect margin value

i gave margin top value the 5em value and it dosent work i cant understand what went worng

style.css 
/* Complete the challenge by writing CSS below */
.main-nav >li{
 display: inline-block;
  margin-left: 20px;
}

h2 + p{
  margin-top: 5em;
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Selectors</title>
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="base.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
</head>
<body>
  <header class="main-header">
    <h1>My Blog</h1>
    <ul class="main-nav">
      <li><a href="#">About Me</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">My Work</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Get In Touch</a></li>
    </ul>
  </header>
    <div class="main">
        <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut et feugiat libero. Cras ut fermentum nisi. Nullam mattis, ipsum commodo laoreet volutpat, augue eros ornare lorem, eu interdum leo massa a nibh.</p>
        <p>In vel semper lorem. Pellentesque in quam pulvinar, fringilla justo ac, accumsan ante. Etiam in malesuada lacus.</p>

        <div class="post">
            <h2>Post Heading</h2>
            <p>Nulla eu vestibulum mauris. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Integer blandit ex velit, vitae consequat quam viverra at... <a href="#">read more &raquo;</a></p>
        </div>
        <div class="post">
            <h2>Post Heading</h2>
            <p>Aliquam cursus tempor molestie. Phasellus nec mattis elit. Sed fringilla laoreet magna, sodales vulputate leo auctor eu. Cras scelerisque laoreet faucibus. Proin cursus, metus... <a href="#">read more &raquo;</a></p>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>
Pedro Cabezas
Pedro Cabezas
9,646 Points
Pedro Cabezas
Pedro Cabezas
9,646 Points

Try removing the "+" sign. I inserted that into my css code and my declarations were ignored. The videos I've seen so far only mention using a space for descending selectors, or a comma when having multiple selectors. I could be wrong though. Hope it helps.

h2 p { margin: 5em }

1 Answer

Giuseppe Nardella
Giuseppe Nardella
17,790 Points
Giuseppe Nardella
Giuseppe Nardella
17,790 Points

Hi, it's request a margin-top: .5em; not margin-top: 5em;.

shmuel disraeli
shmuel disraeli
3,591 Points

thanks for the help i did not notice that "." it worked