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JavaScript jQuery Basics Introducing jQuery Using text() and html()

Posted by Kayvon Wallace
Kayvon Wallace
15,686 Points

code wont work

quiz keep saying i selected the wrong css selector. im sure this is right $('.profile-header').html('Student <span>Profile</span>'); but i dont know.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1 class="profile-header"></h1>
    <p class="profile-text"></p>

    <script
    src="jquery-3.2.1.min.js"></script>
    <script src="app.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
app.js 
$(".profile-header").html("Student <span>Profile</span>");

3 Answers

Alexander Solberg
Alexander Solberg
14,350 Points
Alexander Solberg
Alexander Solberg
14,350 Points

Are your first and second task passing?

Kayvon Wallace
Kayvon Wallace
15,686 Points

yup. im new at this, so im not sure if i was wrong, or is the quiz acting buggy. might be my cache. lol.

Alexander Solberg
Alexander Solberg
14,350 Points
Alexander Solberg
Alexander Solberg
14,350 Points

It's very strange, I can't really tell why it isn't working.

Redo it one more time, and if it doesn't work, maybe contact support to see if it indeed is a bug. If it is, it might cause problems for you in future challenges, which would be a major bummer.

Kayvon Wallace
Kayvon Wallace
15,686 Points
Kayvon Wallace
Kayvon Wallace
15,686 Points

yea, i want to finish this track, so i can go right into react.js.