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Posted by nate slaughter
nate slaughter
1,975 Points

contact link taking me back to portfolio

I copied the code verbatim from my about me page and added the selected class to the contact.html list item, yet when i view the site and click on the contact menu item it takes me to the portfolio page, any ideas as to why?

ps what's the best way to I add my code to this comment?

7 Answers

Vrund Patel
Vrund Patel
11,994 Points
Vrund Patel
Vrund Patel
11,994 Points

Can you copy and paste the whole code in contact.html(refer to Markdown Cheatsheet at the bottom of comment box) , if possible i might be able to help you.

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

Hey Nate,

The best way to comment is to follow some of the instructions found in the link (Markdown Cheatsheet) found underneath the textarea or comment box like Vrund Patel says.

Here is a another reference Markdown with Posts.

More specifically to post within the comment box to display code.

You want to type this out (`) three times above and below your code, make sure to hit enter and separate your code from the body of your comment.

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Juan Aviles
Juan Aviles
12,795 Points
Juan Aviles
Juan Aviles
12,795 Points

Did you copy just the nav section or the entire page? If you copied the entire "about" page into the "contact" page, then the contact page will look just like the about page until you make changes to its content.

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points
Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

Hey Nate, Did you find everything ok?

nate slaughter
nate slaughter
1,975 Points
nate slaughter
nate slaughter
1,975 Points

Here is the code from contact.html

(')(')(')

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Nate Slaughter | Designer</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lobster|Oswald' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html" id="logo"> <h1>Nate Slaughter</h1> <h2>Designer</h2> </a> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html" class="selected">Contact</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header> <div id="wrapper"> <section> <img src="img/nick.jpg" alt"Photo" class="profile-photo"> <h3>About</h3> <p>Hi my name is Nate Slaughter, I'm a designer</p> <p>Follow me on twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/natedeezymusic".>@natedeezymusic.</a></p> </section> <footer> <a href="http://twitter.com/natedeezymusic"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="twitter logo" class="social-icon"></a> <a href="http://facebook.com/natedeezymusic"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="facebook logo" class="social-icon"></a> <p>© 2014 Nate Slaughter.</p> </footer> </div> </body> </html>

(')(')(')

nate slaughter
nate slaughter
1,975 Points
nate slaughter
nate slaughter
1,975 Points 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nate Slaughter | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lobster|Oswald' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nate Slaughter</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
       <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html" class="selected">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <img src="img/nick.jpg" alt"Photo" class="profile-photo">
        <h3>About</h3>
        <p>Hi my name is Nate Slaughter, I'm a designer</p>
        <p>Follow me on twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/natedeezymusic".>@natedeezymusic.</a></p>
      </section>
     <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/natedeezymusic"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="twitter logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/natedeezymusic"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="facebook logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2014 Nate Slaughter.</p>
     </footer>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>
' ' '
nate slaughter
nate slaughter
1,975 Points
nate slaughter
nate slaughter
1,975 Points

Actually when I posted it in here i noticed I was missing the = in the alt="photo" and it's working now. Sorry for waisting your time!! Thanks for the quick help, you guys are amazing!

Tommy Gebru
Tommy Gebru
30,164 Points

Mistakes are plenty when writing code, keep up the good work Nate.