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HTML HTML Basics Going Further with HTML Email Links and Entities Challenge

Posted by Zach Ryder
Zach Ryder
995 Points

why is this not working??

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html>
  <head>
    <title>My Page</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h3>Design & Development</h3>
    <p>Contact me at <a href=mailto:"me@gmail.com">this email</a>.</p>
    <p>&copy; 2017</p>
  </body>
</html>
melissamyra
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melissamyra
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 18,858 Points

Your anchor href value should be entirely enclosed in quotation marks.

<a href="mailto:me@gmail.com">this email</a>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

The instructions say "Replace the ampersand and copyright symbol with an HTML character entity.", and it looks like you got the copyright symbol but still need to replace the ampersand (in "Design & Development").

And while it doesn't affect passing the challenge, melissamyra's advice is the correct syntax.

Zach Ryder
Zach Ryder
995 Points
Zach Ryder
Zach Ryder
995 Points

yes that was it thank you!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,268 Points

Zach Ryder ā€” Glad to help. You can mark a question solved by choosing a "best answer".
And happy coding!