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JavaScript JavaScript Basics (Retired) Introducing JavaScript Your First JavaScript Program

Posted by Kalkidan Ashenafi
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Kalkidan Ashenafi
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 388 Points

can't finish this code, it's an html file, how come it isn't accepting <p> or <h1>?

how can i display message on webpage using <script> tag?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
  <title>JavaScript Basics</title>
</head>

<body>
</body>

<script>
// Write your code here.
 var div = document.getElementById("textDiv");  
    div.textContent = "Welcome to my site";  
    var text = div.textContent;  

</script>

</html>

3 Answers

Larry Coonrod
Larry Coonrod
5,041 Points
Larry Coonrod
Larry Coonrod
5,041 Points

You are making it way more complicated than what the challenge is asking for:

<script> // Write your code here.

document.write("Welcome to my site");

</script>

Ashley New
Ashley New
12,036 Points
Ashley New
Ashley New
12,036 Points 
<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"; charset="UTF-8"> <title>JavaScript Basics</title> </head>

<body> 

<div id="textDiv"></div> 

<script> 
// Write your code here.
var div = document.getElementById("textDiv");
div.textContent = "Welcome to my site";
var text = div.textContent;
</script>
 </body>
</html>```

You need to include the div you want to target. Also check your meta tag for errors.
Benjie Kibblewhite
Benjie Kibblewhite
9,323 Points
Benjie Kibblewhite
Benjie Kibblewhite
9,323 Points

This challenge wants you to use document.write() to get to your answer.

If the challenge did let you answer in another way and you wanted to use code like you have above, your code would need to include a div with the id 'textDiv' in the body tag so you could use the '.getElementById' method.