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HTML How to Make a Website Creating HTML Content Create Navigation with Lists

mary shemerdiak
mary shemerdiak
502 Points
Posted by mary shemerdiak
mary shemerdiak
502 Points

I don't know what is wrong with this code. How to make a website - Link each on the ul to index.htm., about.html....

Help, I'm having trouble getting past this point

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html"><nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
        </a>
        </ul>
        </nav>
    </header>
    <section></section>
    <footer>
      <p>&copy; 2013 Nick Pettit.</p>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
Daniel Koenig
Daniel Koenig
6,789 Points
Daniel Koenig
Daniel Koenig
6,789 Points

Hi Mary!

It looks like for this challenge you added opening <nav> tag on the same line as the <a href="index.html"> tag under the <header> tag. The <nav> tag should be on its own separate line. You may also want to move the entire nav section under the existing </a> tag.

Here is what I had as the solution:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <section></section>
    <footer>
      <p>&copy; 2013 Nick Pettit.</p>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>

I hope this helps!

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,210 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,210 Points

The separate line isn't important - but having the "a" tag and the "nav" tag overlap is not valid HTML.

1 Answer

Christopher Gilbert
Christopher Gilbert
6,239 Points
Christopher Gilbert
Christopher Gilbert
6,239 Points

Not used to comment formatting so please pardon the dust

Hi Mary,

Upon examining your code I see that you listed your <nav> element and the <ul> elements inside the <ahref="index.html"> tag and just above the <h1> and <h2>. I believe that is where your conflicts are occurring. Try moving your code between the closing </a> tag and the closing </header> tag. You can reference the code here for a guide if you are still stuck.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
    <nav>
       <ul>
         <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>
         <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
         <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
       </ul>
    </nav>
    </header>


    <section></section>
    <footer>
      <p>&copy; 2013 Nick Pettit.</p>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>