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Courses Plus Student 885 PointsSet up your HTML document with the <!doctype> and <html> tags.
Set up your HTML document with the <!doctype> and <html> tags.
<!DOCTYPE.html>
<html>
</html>
1 Answer
Joshua Kaufman
19,193 PointsOOPS! You put a period where it doesn't need to be. Check this out.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
</html>
Remove the period in between !DOCTYPE and html, and you should be able to get past that part.
Balajee Shrikanth
Courses Plus Student 885 PointsBalajee Shrikanth
Courses Plus Student 885 PointsWhy i thought you had to put one
Joshua Kaufman
19,193 PointsJoshua Kaufman
19,193 PointsNope. You need to put a space in between them, but not a period. Check out this link to w3schools for more details:
https://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_doctype.asp
They are the go-to for HTML5 formatting and rules.
Balajee Shrikanth
Courses Plus Student 885 PointsBalajee Shrikanth
Courses Plus Student 885 PointsThanks