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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Posted by Avery Pierce
Avery Pierce
1,869 Points

question about code?

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/html-basics-2/getting-started-with-html/lists-and-links-challenge

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lists and Links</title>
  </head>
  <body>
  <ul>
    <li> <a href = 'cakes'> </a> </li>
    <li> <a href = 'Pies'> </a> </li>
    <li> <a href = 'Candy'> </a></li>
    </ul>  
  </body>
</html>
Louise St. Germain
Louise St. Germain
19,424 Points
Louise St. Germain
Louise St. Germain
19,424 Points

You're close! The value of the href tag needs to be the file name which was given in the challenge. What is in between the <a> </a> tags is what's going to display as a link. Right now, you only have an empty space in there, so nothing will show up on your page. Below, I've put a template of the right format, plus one example from your file. Hopefully you can use this to fix the others (all of the list items will follow the same format). Hope this helps!

<li><a href = "your_file_name_to_link_to_goes_here.html">EXAMPLE - This is the link text the user will see on the page</a></li>
<li><a href = "cakes.html">cakes</a></li>

1 Answer

Jamie Reardon
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Jamie Reardon
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Jamie Reardon
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<!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>

The href attribute value needs to point to the possible location and name of the file. You were also missing the content/Text for the links so that people can see what they are clicking on. Check my code above to see the difference and use it to complete the challenge.

Avery Pierce
Avery Pierce
1,869 Points

Thank you Sir!