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Start your free trialJed Bridges
529 PointsI'm fairly certain I'm completing this task correctly. But it says I am not.
Error says I'm doing something correctly but I am.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Lists and Links</title>
</head>
<body>
<ul>
<a href="cakes.html"><li>Cakes</li></a>
<a href="pies.html"><li>Pies</li></a>
<a href="candy.html"><li>Candy</li></a>
</ul>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Steven Parker
231,236 PointsNick's advice is sound. Putting your tags in the correct order should enable you to pass the challenge.
A good guideline to remember is that a list (either "ul" or "ol") should only have list items ("li") as direct children.
Nick Ocampo
15,661 PointsNick Ocampo
15,661 PointsThe
<li>
tags should go around the<a>
tags, not the other way around.You want them to look like this
<li><a href="cakes.html">Cakes</a></li>
Think of it this way: Each list item has a link in it. Right now you're saying, each link has a list item in it.