Hi there, if you give your .project-link css class : display: block; that should center your text and then you could adjust your padding to whatever you would like it to be. In terms of the color, what are you trying to do? Are you wanting it to be hidden until you hover over it or did you want it to be visible? and change color when hovering over it?
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