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HTML HTML Forms Form Basics Create a Form Element

Posted by Joshua szkodlarski
Joshua szkodlarski
8,604 Points

Create a form element. Don't add any attributes yet.

Create a form element. Don't add any attributes yet.

not sure what to do

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>

  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Galen Cook
Galen Cook
2,463 Points
Galen Cook
Galen Cook
2,463 Points

It wants you to create an empty form using the open and close form tags. You don't need to put anything between them for now!

<form>
</form>

Make sure you put this empty form after the open body tag and before the close body tag.

Prince Chinyadza
Prince Chinyadza
6,333 Points
Prince Chinyadza
Prince Chinyadza
6,333 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <form> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>HTML Forms</title> </head> <body> </form> </body> </html>

Tom Nguyen
Tom Nguyen
33,501 Points
Tom Nguyen
Tom Nguyen
33,501 Points

solution:

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Forms</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form action="index.html" method="post">
    </form>

  </body>
</html>