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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

John Gilmer
PLUS
John Gilmer
Courses Plus Student 3,782 Points

What am I doing wrong?

The code looks correct, but I am not sure what is wrong with the code.

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>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,236 Points

The links (anchor elements) should be inside the list items (li). But at the moment the li's are inside the a's.

A good rule to remember: all the direct children of a list (either ul or ol) should be list items (li).