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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

David Peraza
David Peraza
1,929 Points
Posted by David Peraza
David Peraza
1,929 Points

Write an Html doctype

I keep typing the right code but for some reason keeps telling me Bummer! Make sure you define the doctype

5 Answers

Justin Horner
STAFF
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Justin Horner
Justin Horner
Treehouse Guest Teacher

Hello David,

If you would, please provide the code that you are submitting so we can get a better understanding of the problem. For a quick reference to using HTML doctypes check this out.

I hope this helps.

Kazimierz Matan
Kazimierz Matan
13,257 Points
Kazimierz Matan
Kazimierz Matan
13,257 Points

Below is an example. Your doctype declaration should always be the first piece of code in your html document.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1>My First Heading</h1>

<p>My first paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>
Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points
Ricardo Hill-Henry
Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> should work fine, there's also a few other variations of Doctypes that specify the version of HTML you're using.

Also, I recommend https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/ over w3schools. w3schools is a bit buggy, and can teach some bad habits.

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,253 Points

As an aside I often write my html5 doctyype as html <!doctype html> rather than html <!DOCTYPE html> . The former doesnt; seem to work on treehouse but I don't see that it matters which case you use to write your elements.

Krista Smyth
PLUS
Krista Smyth
Courses Plus Student 11,784 Points
Krista Smyth
Krista Smyth
Courses Plus Student 11,784 Points

Your HTML code sits inside the "body" of the HTML document . Like this (copied from http://www.w3schools.com/html/.....

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body>

<h1>My First Heading</h1>

<p>My first paragraph.</p>

</body> </html>

Bookmark the website: www.w3schools.com. I have found it an extraordinary reference, especially when I get stuck.

Krista Smyth
Krista Smyth
Courses Plus Student 11,784 Points

It didn't copy properly: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body>

Your code here

</body> </html>