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HTML How to Make a Website Creating HTML Content Use the Navigation Element

Adam Dingle
Adam Dingle
5,582 Points
Posted by Adam Dingle
Adam Dingle
5,582 Points

Anchor Tags

I noticed that when we first used anchor tags they were entered outside the <h1> tags, but in the list they were included inside the <li> tags. Is there a reason for this or can they be used either way?

2 Answers

Jonathan Grieve
MOD
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points
Jonathan Grieve
Jonathan Grieve
Treehouse Moderator 91,252 Points

Inside list element is best practice as it's inside a list item that you'd put your link and its text.

So this is best practice. 

<ul>
   <li><a href="#">Link text</a></li>
</ul>

But this is also best practice.

<a href = "#"><img src = ""></a>
Lady Do While
Lady Do While
6,027 Points
Lady Do While
Lady Do While
6,027 Points

Yes, the video doesn't reflect best practice as it wraps two heading elements (block elements) in an anchor (in-line). I am using this video for review and that was difficult to watch.