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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Posted by Jed Bridges
Jed Bridges
529 Points

I'm fairly certain I'm completing this task correctly. But it says I am not.

Error says I'm doing something correctly but I am.

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>
Nick Ocampo
Nick Ocampo
15,661 Points

The <li> tags should go around the <a> tags, not the other way around.

You want them to look like this <li><a href="cakes.html">Cakes</a></li>

Think of it this way: Each list item has a link in it. Right now you're saying, each link has a list item in it.

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

Nick's advice is sound. Putting your tags in the correct order should enable you to pass the challenge.

A good guideline to remember is that a list (either "ul" or "ol") should only have list items ("li") as direct children.