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HTML How to Make a Website Creating HTML Content Build the Footer

Preview no directly accessing index.html

Why when I click the preview, i get the project files list and I don't get directly the index.html, I have to select it ? It is not that annoying, but in the video, the index opens: http://gyazo.com/aeb23e5daa2efccfdfc66d0fbe4a303b

make sure you have closed everyone of your tags correctly,

and that the index.html and everything is in the same folder or that ou have specified wich folder everything should be in.

Can you show us your code, so we can try to see what the problem might be.

If you want the index.html code, here is it:

<!DOCTYPE html>

<html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>name | Designer</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Sue+Ellen+Francisco|Open+Sans:400italic,400,300,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
</head> <body> <header> <a id="logo" href="index.html"> <h1>name</h1> <h2>Designer</h2> </a> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header> <div id="wrapper"> <section> <ul> <li> <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt=""> <p>Experimentation with color and Texture.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt=""> <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt=""> <p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt=""> <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p> </a> </li> <li> <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg"> <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt=""> <p>Creating shapes using repetition.</p> </a> </li> </ul> </section> <footer> <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mraimil2"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/name"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a> <p>© 2014 name</p> </footer> </div>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Wrap the <meta>, <title>, and <link> tags at the top with <head> tags to separate the body elements. When previewing your project in workspaces. Click preview then port 80.

Ron McCranie
Ron McCranie
7,837 Points

In addition to what Jeremy said, I would also recommend placing all the other tags within a <body> tag. Like this:

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8"> 
<title>name | Designer</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Sue+Ellen+Francisco|Open+Sans:400italic,400,300,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">    
</head>

<body>
<header>
  <a id="logo" href="index.html">
    <h1>name</h1>
    <h2>Designer</h2>
  </a>
  <nav>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
      <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
      <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
    </ul>
  </nav>
</header>
<div id="wrapper">
  <section>
    <ul>
      <li>
        <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
          <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
          <p>Experimentation with color and Texture.</p>
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
          <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
          <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="img/numbers-06.jpg">
          <img src="img/numbers-06.jpg" alt="">
          <p>Trying to create an 80's style of glows.</p>
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="img/numbers-09.jpg">
          <img src="img/numbers-09.jpg" alt="">
          <p>Drips created using Photoshop brushes.</p>
        </a>
      </li>
      <li>
        <a href="img/numbers-12.jpg">
          <img src="img/numbers-12.jpg" alt="">
          <p>Creating shapes using repetition.</p>
        </a>
      </li>
    </ul>
  </section>
  <footer>
    <a href="http://www.twitter.com/mraimil2"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo"></a>
    <a href="https://www.facebook.com/name"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo"></a>
    <p>&copy; 2014 name</p>
  </footer>
</div>
</body>
</html>