Div Backgrounds, Except Header, Wont Show Up?

ive searched around for about a week, but i havent found an answer that really helps me. im fairly basic at html and the most experience i really have is neopets lol im making a pa

Solution 1:

The double quotes in this line

<divid=”mainContent”><p>blah blah blah.<p></div>

should be straight (") instead of curly (”) quotes.

Solution 2:

You have the background-color tag wrong on #navigation a. Try the same as you have in body:

background-color: #ee7722;