[Having trouble]

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!!

[Having trouble]

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.