Fyi I was following a tutorial on Lynda.com, it’s a lesson on learning to combine pseudo-elements and graphics, I’ll need to use a darker purple of course.
Well not being an English native speaker, I had a hard time differentiating after and before (for common use) and with the pseudos was worse! Just something on my brain didn’t click.
After several runs to the dictionary and such got it right and now everything makes sense!
Get a cheat sheet with the display properties and while you’re there wrap your head around the box model. It’s something that needs a bit of grinding and exercise to figure out.
Good to know that I was able to help you out with your problem.