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HTML HTML Lists HTML Lists

Posted by Christian Garcia
Christian Garcia
1,400 Points

Add a nested ordered list to the "Shapes" list item.

its not working. even though i did exactly what is has it says im wrong

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>HTML Lists Challenge</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <h1>HTML Lists Challenge</h1>

    <!-- Write your code below -->

    <ol>
      <li>Stop</li>
      <li>Drop</li>
      <li>Roll</li>
    </ol>   

    <ul>
      <li>Shapes</li> 
        <ol>
          <li>1</li>
          <li>2</li>
        </ol>
      <li>Colors</li>
    </ul>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

"Nested" means "inside".

You added an ordered list, but after the first list item. To make it nested, it would have to be inside, between the beginning item tag ("<li>") and the ending item tag ("</li>") along with the word "Shapes".

I'll bet you can get it now without an explicit spoiler.

Marco Carpona
Marco Carpona
3,235 Points
Marco Carpona
Marco Carpona
3,235 Points

Try this way.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>HTML Lists Challenge</title>
  </head>
  <body>

    <h1>HTML Lists Challenge</h1>

    <!-- Write your code below -->

    <ol>
      <li>Stop</li>
      <li>Drop</li>
      <li>Roll</li>
    </ol>

    <ul>
      <li>
        Shapes
        <ol>
          <li>Circle</li>
          <li>Shape</li>
        </ol>
      </li>
      <li>Colors</li>
    </ul>


  </body>
</html>