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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Posted by Liam Young
Liam Young
1,397 Points

Setting href attribute to <a>

Hey i'm having problems with this question.

Bummer: You need to set the href attribute of the first <a> element to cakes.html.

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong if you could please help so i can continue to more courses it would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lists and Links</title>
  </head>
  <body>
  <ul>
    <li><a href:"cakes.html">Cakes</a></li>
    <li><a href:"pies.html">Pies</a></li>
    <li><a href:"candy.html">Candy</a></li></ul>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Robert Mehew
Robert Mehew
1,302 Points
Robert Mehew
Robert Mehew
1,302 Points

When setting an attribute on a HTML tag you should use attribute=“value” instead you are using a semicolon.

<a href=“cakes.html”>
Liam Young
Liam Young
1,397 Points

Wow i cant believe I didn't realize that lol. Thank you!!