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In the previous article we have seen the 3-Column layout and completed the Section 2 of the main content. The main content of the website is now almost complete. We just need to build the Section 3 of the main content. The Section 3 is shown in the below image: 

If you look at the above image carefully then it can be seen that the Section 3 is almost the same as that of the Section 2 of the Website. The only difference is that it has 4 columns instead of 3 and every column has an image at the top before the title.
Let’s start writing HTML for Section 3 of our Website, follow the below steps:

1. Declare a parent div with a class named row.
2. Declare four div’s inside the parent row div to contain four columns and assign them id’s as column21, column22, column23 and column24 respectively.
3. Download the images from given links and save them to your images folder. 
   • Column 1 Image.
   • Column 2 Image.
   • Column 3 Image.
   • Column 4 Image.
4. For Each Column: 
   • Use <img> tag to insert image for the respective column.
   • Declare a div with class = “img-title”. For the title of the column.
   • Declare a paragraph p element for the description of the content.
   • Declare an anchor tag <a> to add an external link which will be styled as a button. We will use the same button we created in the last article. So, assign the class “button” to the anchor tag.

Below is the complete HTML code for the Section 3 of the Main Content: 

HTML

<!-- Section 3 of Main content -->
<section class="container" id="section-3">
    <div id="row">

        <!-- Column 1 -->
        <div id="column21">
            <img src="images/writer.jpg" class="image image-full">

            <div class="img-title">
                <h3>Technical Content Writer</h3>
            </div>


<p>
                The work requires understanding of Computer
                Science concepts. Candidates who are active
                on Practice Portal will be preferred.
            </p>



            <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/careers/"
                target="_blank" class="button">
                    Apply Here
            </a>
        </div>

        <!-- Column 2 -->
        <div id="column22">

            <img src="images/developer.jpg" class="image image-full">

            <div class="img-title">
                <h3>Software Developer</h3>
            </div>


<p>
                Good knowledge of PHP, JavaScript, Amazon AWS
                and Web Development in general. Candidates who
                are active on Practice Portal will be
                preferred.
            </p>



            <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/careers/"
                target="_blank" class="button">
                    Apply Here
            </a>
        </div>

        <!-- Column 3 -->
        <div id="column23">

            <img src="images/support.jpg" class="image image-full">

            <div class="img-title">
                <h3>Teaching Assistant</h3>
            </div>


<p>
                It involves taking the doubt sessions,
                coordinating with mentors and requires
                in-depth knowledge of Data Structures
                and Algorithms.
            </p>



            <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/careers/"
                target="_blank" class="button">
                    Apply Here
            </a>
        </div>

        <!-- Column 4 -->
        <div id="column24">
            <img src="images/teacher.jpg" class="image image-full">

            <div class="img-title">
                <h3>Mentor / Tutor</h3>
            </div>


<p>
                Job involves teaching, problem solving
                in classes as well as doubt sessions and
                thus requires in-depth knowledge of Data
                Structures and Algorithms.
            </p>



            <a href="https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/careers/"
                target="_blank" class="button">
                    Apply Here
            </a>
        </div>
    </div>
</section>

On running the index.html file in the browser now, you will be able to see the content of Section 3 in a distorted order as that of Section 2 before adding CSS.
Therefore, let’s start adding styles to the classes and complete Section 3 of Main Content: 

• Adding basic styles for layout: Firstly, set the overflow to hidden and add all the required margins and paddings. Next is to give the thin 1px border at the top of the section to separate it from the previous section and align all the text inside it to the center.
  Add below CSS code to your style.css file: 
  

CSS

#section-3{
    overflow: hidden;
    padding-top: 5em;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    text-align: center;
}

• Aligning Columns In-line: The next step is to align all the columns in a single line one after the other. To do this, add the below CSS code to your style.css file:
  

CSS

/* Add fixed width for each column and
   align text to center */
#column21,
#column22,
#column23,
#column24
{
    width: 282px;
    text-align: center;
}

/* Float first 3 columns to left */
#column21,
#column22,
#column23,
#column24 {
    width: 282px;
    text-align: center;
}

#column21,
#column22,
#column23,
#column24 {
    float: left;
    margin: auto 25px;
}

• Styling the Title of columns: The next good thing to do is to style the title of the columns present just below the images. To give them appropriate font-sizes, padding color etc. apart from the default values. Add the below CSS code to your style.css file: 
  

CSS

.img-title{
    display: block;
    padding-bottom: 1em;
    font-size: 1em;
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
}

• Styling the images: We have added two classes for our images in the column, namely image and image-full.
  

CSS

.image
{
    display: inline-block;
    border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
    border-radius: 5px;
}

.image img
{
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
}

.image-full
{
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    margin: 0 0 3em 0;
}

.img-title{
    display: block;
    padding-bottom: 1em;
    font-size: 1em;
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
}

The Complete CSS code for Section 3 of the Main Content of the website is given below: 

CSS

/*****************************************/
/*     Styling Main Content Section 3    */
/*****************************************/

#section-3{
    overflow: hidden;
    padding-top: 5em;
    border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
    text-align: center;
}

.image
{
    display: inline-block;
    border: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, .5);
    border-radius: 5px;
}

.image img
{
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
}

.image-full
{
    display: block;
    width: 100%;
    margin: 0 0 3em 0;
}

.img-title{
    display: block;
    padding-bottom: 1em;
    font-size: 1em;
    color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
}

/* Add fixed width for each column and
   align text to center */
#column21,
#column22,
#column23,
#column24
{
    width: 282px;
    text-align: center;
}

#column21,
#column22,
#column23,
#column24 {
    width: 282px;
    text-align: center;
}

#column21,
#column22,
#column23,
#column24 {
    float: left;
    margin: auto 25px;
}

With this the Section 3 of the main content is successfully completed and will now look something as shown in the below image: 

 Supported Browser:

• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Firefox
• Opera
• Safari

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