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Thanks everyone for all the help. I got it to work lol. THe missing quotes were on my html but I had accidently erased them when posting while I was going through to hide my name and website info. I wasn't sure on the policy of posting your website so I went through and hid it just to be on the safe side. I didn't want to break any forum rules. I added the body tags to my html file I took out the underline around my header because that was very sound advice Andrea thanks! Thank you all so much it worked! I think it was the lack of body tags. Thats the only thing I can figure. Boo yaa!!

Hi all and thanks for having a place where beginners can ask questions. I am very new to this and I have watched the video tutorial and read the others. I am designing my first website and enjoying learning css. My problem is that I have written this page and css file in order to make a header and a nav bar on the left side. I have an image that I want as my background image which is in the correct folder. I also just want a plain color as the background in my nav bar. For the life of me I cannot figure out why it is not working. I have tried several things and have been researching and still can't figure it out. I was hoping someone here could help tell me where I am going wrong and let me know what I am missing or not understanding. My css file cmcss.css -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /* */ #container { width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0; border: 0; } /* */ #header { width: 98%; height: 20%; border-top: 2px solid #000000; border-bottom: 2px solid #000000; border-left: 2px solid #000000; border-right:2px solid #000000; margin: 2%; text-align: center; font-weight: bold; background-image: url(cmimgs/bright14.jpg); } #leftnav { width: 20%; height: 75%; padding: 1%; border-right: 2px solid #000000; text-align: left; font-weight: normal; float: left; background-color: #6495ed; } --------------- and then my index.html file ---------------------------- C*** ****** My Name Home Resume Thanks ahead of time for any help. I was expecting a big header with my image as the background and a left bar with a plain color background. Instead I get "My Name" and then my list right below it. The links are working. Its just that none of the styling is working. Thanks again for any help.