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HTML HTML Lists HTML Lists

Anand Swamy
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Anand Swamy
Courses Plus Student 2,368 Points
Posted by Anand Swamy
Anand Swamy
Courses Plus Student 2,368 Points

I added a nested ordered list in Shapes in the following code but it's still not accepting. Am I missing something?

<ul> <li>Shapes</li> <ol> <li>One</li> <li>Two</li> <li>Three</li> </ol> <li>Colors</li> </ul>

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>HTML Lists Challenge</title>
  </head>
  <body>


    <h1>HTML Lists Challenge</h1>

    <ol>
      <li>Stop</li>
      <li>Drop</li>
      <li>Roll</li>
   </ol>

    <!-- Write your code below -->


    <ul>
      <li>Shapes</li>
      <ol>
        <li>One</li>
        <li>Two</li>
        <li>Three</li>
      </ol>
      <li>Colors</li>
    </ul>


  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

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

:point_right: The children of a list element (ul or ol) should all be list items (li).

If you add another element, including another list, to a list item it should be completely inside the list item tags.

Depending on the browser, your code might be displayed so that it appears the same, but the challenge mechanism is directly examining the code.

Anand Swamy
Anand Swamy
Courses Plus Student 2,368 Points
Anand Swamy
Anand Swamy
Courses Plus Student 2,368 Points

Treehouse corrected it, but I had the same exact code in it. I wonder if it's a malfunction?

Brian Foley
Brian Foley
8,440 Points
Brian Foley
Brian Foley
8,440 Points

Hello, try putting the nested <ol></ol> items before the closing </li> tag for Shapes.

Anand Swamy
Anand Swamy
Courses Plus Student 2,368 Points
Anand Swamy
Anand Swamy
Courses Plus Student 2,368 Points

Tree corrected it, but I had the same exact code in it. I wonder if it's a malfunction? Thanks for your comment and time!