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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Posted by Alejandra Parada
Alejandra Parada
1,739 Points

Make the text inside each list item a link. The first item should link to cakes.html, etc.

Make the text inside each list item a link. The first item should link to cakes.html, the second to pies.html and the third to candy.html.

I am having trouble with this challenge, it was brought as an unordered list:

<ul> <li>Cakes</li> <li>Pies</li> <li>Candy</li> </u>

Now, how do I place the text inside each list item a link?

index.html 
<!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>

5 Answers

Mark Casavantes
PLUS
Mark Casavantes
Courses Plus Student 13,401 Points
Mark Casavantes
Mark Casavantes
Courses Plus Student 13,401 Points

Hello Alejandra,

Notice how the list <li> </li> goes around everything else. Next you "nest" the <a> </a> tags inside the <li> tags.

May I recommend a website to help you find and correct your future problems with HTML? Copy and paste your code into this website and it will identify your errors with a bit more detail than TeamTreehouse provides you. It will also let you know which lines are causing you problems. https://validator.w3.org/nu/#textarea

There is also a similar site for CSS. https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/#validate_by_input

There is also a similar site for JavaScript. http://www.jslint.com/

<!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>

I hope this is helpful to you.

I wish you well.

Happy Coding,

Mark

Alejandra Parada
Alejandra Parada
1,739 Points

Thank you so much this helped. I wasn't placing any of it correctly. I figured it's easier to break it down... Since the challenge starts off making an unordered list

<ul> <li>Cakes</li> <li>pies</li> <li>Candy</li> </ul>

and then I need to remember the anchor tag for html and add to each unordered list...

<a> cakes </a>

then add <a href="#"> which is the attribute tag

The answer is

<ul> <li><a href="cakes.html">cakes</a></li> <li><a href="cakes.html">cakes</a></li> <li><a href="cakes.html">cakes</a></li> </ul>

This took me some time to figure out and also, I had to watch other videos to realize my mistake.

Thank you and happy coding to you too.

Jonathan Barclay
Jonathan Barclay
4,946 Points
Jonathan Barclay
Jonathan Barclay
4,946 Points

i tried this and it still didnt work at all

Adam N
Adam N
70,280 Points

Jonathan Barclay Post your code

Adam N
Adam N
70,280 Points
Adam N
Adam N
70,280 Points

You're making the li elements into links as opposed to the text inside of each li element.

Also, I don't think your code will pass with the quotes you're using. You may be using a foreign keyboard? Quote characters that will work here include " and '. Yours are “. You may have to copy and paste mine to see the difference + to get this task to pass.

Let me know if this helps here

Charmaine Henry
Charmaine Henry
2,395 Points
Charmaine Henry
Charmaine Henry
2,395 Points

help! I done it every way it still wont except y answer. 'Candy.html' it telling me to add attributes to it . I have and its done nothing .

Alejandra Parada
Alejandra Parada
1,739 Points
Alejandra Parada
Alejandra Parada
1,739 Points

I had to watch other videos and realize my mistake. Thanks for all your posts and help, this is the correct code. I wasn't placing the list tag <li></li> or the </a> anchor closing tag correctly

<!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>