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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Posted by mo sleiman
mo sleiman
2,743 Points

Convert the text inside the <body> tags into an unordered list.

why is it telling me to ad <ul></ul> when thats what i did

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lists and Links</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <ul> Cakes </ul>
    <ul> Pies </ul>
    <ul> Candy </ul>
  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Balazs Peak
Balazs Peak
46,160 Points
Balazs Peak
Balazs Peak
46,160 Points

The <ul> tag is for the list element itself, it means unordered list. You have to use the <li> tag for the elements of the list, which means list item.

<ul>
     <li>First item of the list</li>
     <li>Second item of the list</li>
</ul>
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

The message might be confusing, but when constructing a list, only one pair of list (ul) tags is used to enclose the entire list. The individual items in the list are then enclosed in list item (li) tags.

mo sleiman
mo sleiman
2,743 Points
mo sleiman
mo sleiman
2,743 Points

thx Steven Parker and Balazs pulki