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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Posted by Mac Walker
Mac Walker
Courses Plus Student 765 Points

having trouble with href, anyboudy can help me

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lists and Links</title>
  </head>
  <body>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="cakes.html">Cakes<a/></li>
    <li><a href="pies.html">Pies<a/></li>
    <li><a href="candy.html.">Candy<a/></li>
    </ul>
  </body>
</html>
Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points
Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points

Cleaned up your question a bit to remove the duplicate code.

4 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

An ending tag has a slash (/) between the first angle and the tag name. So instead of "<a/>" your anchor elementss should be closed with "</a>". The other ending tags you added are correct.

Also heed Cynthia's advice about removing that stray period after the third file name.

Bradley James Hayes
Bradley James Hayes
1,641 Points

good eye on that one

Cynthia Norwood
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Cynthia Norwood
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,214 Points
Cynthia Norwood
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Cynthia Norwood
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,214 Points

There is a period at the end of the 3rd li(html.) that should be removed. Also after the closing </a> you can add whatever work/text you like for the user to click on. If the link is going to a website it may need to look like this example. <a href="https://www.w3schools.com">Visit W3Schools</a> or to a local file make it mirror this <a href="C:\Programs\sort.mw">Link 1</a> <a href="C:\Videos\lecture.mp4">Link 2</a>

Bradley James Hayes
Bradley James Hayes
1,641 Points
Bradley James Hayes
Bradley James Hayes
1,641 Points

Watch out for that extra period at the end of "candy.html". Also clean up your nesting of your code it will help you spot errors later on and is important when working with another dev. - Keep rockin

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lists and Links</title>
  </head>
  <body>
     <ul>
       <li><a href="cakes.html">Cakes</a></li>
       <li><a href="pies.html">Pies</a></li>
       <li><a href="candy.html">Candy</a></li>
     </ul>
  </body>
</html>
Herbie Dodge
Herbie Dodge
15,985 Points
Herbie Dodge
Herbie Dodge
15,985 Points

It looks like you have an extra period behind your candy href; other then that everything looks fine