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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Justin Warren
Justin Warren
7,805 Points
Posted by Justin Warren
Justin Warren
7,805 Points

A bit of help please!

Not sure what I'm doing wrong in the formatting of this ul. Thanks!

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>
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
4,432 Points

This looks correct to me. A few things that could be nit-pic that could cause the issue, but this is just a guess

  1. You might move the<a> link to inside the <li> and just have it around the Text. For example
<ul>
<li><a href="cakes.html">Cakes</a></li>
</ul>
  1. Some people prefer that you use double quotes when defining the attributes instead of the single quote. Not sure if that is due more to the way this forum formats code or how you actually wrote it.

Neither of these things make a big difference in implementation, but could possibly cause a problem with code checking algorithms.

3 Answers

Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
4,432 Points

This looks correct to me. A few things that could be nit-pic that could cause the issue, but this is just a guess

  1. You might move the<a> link to inside the <li> and just have it around the Text. For example
<ul>
<li><a href="cakes.html">Cakes</a></li>
</ul>
  1. Some people prefer that you use double quotes when defining the attributes instead of the single quote. Not sure if that is due more to the way this forum formats code or how you actually wrote it.

Neither of these things make a big difference in implementation, but could possibly cause a problem with code checking algorithms.

Michael Maitoza
Michael Maitoza
3,805 Points
Michael Maitoza
Michael Maitoza
3,805 Points

Hi Justin, Here is your code: <!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>

What I think needs to happen is that these lines here are the source of the issue: <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> Try looking at how the <li></li> are placed. I think if you take a look you'll see that the <li></li> must be placed outside of the <a> tags.

Justin Warren
Justin Warren
7,805 Points
Justin Warren
Justin Warren
7,805 Points

Thanks for the help guys!