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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Posted by Travis Locke
Travis Locke
405 Points

Why isnt this working

So Im going through the course and Im getting a message that the second anchor tag isn't correct. Im thinking its an error with the site itself and not something Im doing but I could be wrong. Any help would be appreciated.

<!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>

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
231,261 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,261 Points

It's odd the error message is focused on the second tag, as all of the anchor tags should be inside the list items. Right now, they're sort of "inside out".

A good rule to remember is that lists (either "ol" or "ul) are only allowed to have list items ("li") as direct children.