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HTML

Posted by chris lightfoot
chris lightfoot
10,217 Points

Finishing the html-Build a simple website

Hi

I am currently working through the finishing the html video, during this video i get to the point where i add the code below:

<p>Our newest cupcakes are <a href="#">Bacon Me Crazy</a> and <a href="#">Jalapeno so spicy</a>. </p>

when i save this code and view it "our newest cupcake are" is showing as a link rather than as text, can anyone tell me the reason why this has happened. cheers

Chris Lightfoot :)

7 Answers

chris lightfoot
chris lightfoot
10,217 Points
chris lightfoot
chris lightfoot
10,217 Points

"<p>Our newest cupcakes are <a href="#">Bacon Me Crazy</a> and <a href="#">Jalapeno so spicy</a>. </p> "

chris lightfoot
chris lightfoot
10,217 Points
chris lightfoot
chris lightfoot
10,217 Points

i guess my next question would be" how do i post code onto a post" lol as the code hasnt come up on the post.

Christer Nordbø
Christer Nordbø
2,133 Points
Christer Nordbø
Christer Nordbø
2,133 Points

indent the code with four spaces ;)

Like this

If thats to much work you can use a tool like www.pastebin.com and just paste the URL of the code into the post :)

chris lightfoot
chris lightfoot
10,217 Points
chris lightfoot
chris lightfoot
10,217 Points 
<p>Our newest cupcakes are <a href="#">Bacon Me Crazy</a> and <a href="#">Jalapeno so spicy</a>. </p>
chris lightfoot
chris lightfoot
10,217 Points
chris lightfoot
chris lightfoot
10,217 Points

thanks for that christer :)

Christer Nordbø
Christer Nordbø
2,133 Points
Christer Nordbø
Christer Nordbø
2,133 Points

As you can see from the code you pasted..

this: 

 <a href="#">Bacon Me Crazy</a>

\

<a href="#"></a>

is a anchor tag. Everything between the tags will be linked to the URL specifyed where the #\ tag is.

If you remove the tag and you will end up with: 

<p>Our newest cupcakes are Bacon Me Crazy and Jalapeno so spicy. </p>

Have a look at this video to have it explained in more details: http://teamtreehouse.com/library/websites/html/links/anchors

Hope this helps & Happy coding :)

chris lightfoot
chris lightfoot
10,217 Points
chris lightfoot
chris lightfoot
10,217 Points

cheers :)