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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Build Structure

Posted by Lisa Downey
Lisa Downey
105 Points

DOCTYPE line did not turn red, and in later steps, none of my work (other than my name) appears when I try to view it.

Not sure what is going wrong, but I've backed up and this is where the problem started. When I typed in the doctype line exactly as indicated, it doesn't turn red in my workspace. Later, he mentioned that indentations would be automatic, but I have to manually indent every time it's called for.

Christian Andersson
Christian Andersson
8,712 Points

Please paste the conflicting code here :)

4 Answers

Șilinca Alexandru
Șilinca Alexandru
9,537 Points

If you browsing with Mozilla Firefox swich back to Google Chrome because TeamTreeHouse have a little browsing incompatibilies - only with workspace.

Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points
Luke Glazebrook
Luke Glazebrook
13,564 Points

Hi Lisa!

Seems like you are in a bit of trouble. Don't worry you will get the hang of it soon.

This is the code that you will need for the page structure.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Page Title</title>
  </head>
  <body></body>
</html>

Post here if you need any more help.

Have fun programming.

-Luke

Lisa Downey
Lisa Downey
105 Points

I've deleted everything and gone back to this stage. Yours does not look like the video. Mine looks exactly like his in the video, except that when I typed <!DOCTYPE html> it did not turn red.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head></head>
  <body>
    <h1>Lisa Downey</h1>
  </body>
</html>
Lisa Downey
Lisa Downey
105 Points
Lisa Downey
Lisa Downey
105 Points

Thank you! That seemed to be the problem. DOCTYPE still isn't red, but everything now shows up when I view the page.

Valentina Ritter
Valentina Ritter
452 Points
Valentina Ritter
Valentina Ritter
452 Points

I use Chrome and have the same problem...