Angela French wrote:
> On this page: http://checkoutacollege.com/ I am trying to apply a
> background color in back of the Ready/Set/Go buttons (of the same color)
> so that if the images are turned off, the text can still be read. (I'd
> like to just get rid of the beveled images before long!).
>
>
>
> Do accomplish this, I believe I need to create a <div> and set my <h2>
> and my background image in this div so that the background color isn't
> applied to the entire column.
Seems to me you don't need a div at all. Negative margins can create the
box you need:
.home-center h2 {
margin: 0 -10px .8em -10px;
padding: 0 10px;
}
> I created the div in my html and I can
> style it inline to get it just how I want it. But when I try to put the
> div styles in the style sheet instead, none of them render. Since I
> created a unique ID for this new div, I don't believe that anything
> should be overriding it. I tried referencing it directly and as a child
> selector of its parent div (which I shouldn't have to do since it's
> unique), but nothing worked.
>
>
>
> I'm hoping one of you can tell me what the hold up is.
As far as I can tell, the pasted link doesn't include this DIV.
Trying showing us the code you're trying to use.
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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
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