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Posted by Andrew Shipley
Andrew Shipley
7,781 Points

HTML Forms Select Menus

Hi, I have been trying to follow along iwth the video but there is no select menu when I have finished coding.

Can anyone show me what wrong with my code please?

Thanks!

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> <title>Sign Up Form</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css"> <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,300' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'> <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css"> </head> <body>

  <form action="index.html" method="post">

    <h1>Sign Up</h1>

    <fieldset>

        <legend><span class="number">1</span> Your basic info</legend>

        <label for="name">Name:</label>
        <input type="text" id="name" name="user_name">
        <label for="mail">Email:</label>
        <input type="email" id="mail" name="user_email">
        <label for="password">Password:</label>
        <input type="password" id="password" name="user_password">

    </fieldset>
    <fieldset>

      <legend><span class="number">2</span> Your profile</legend>
      <label for="bio">Bio:</label>
      <textarea id="bio" name="user_bio"></textarea>

      <label for="job">Job role:</label>
      <select id="job" name="user_job">
        <optgroup label="Web">
            <option value="frontend_developer">Front-End Developer</option>
            <option value="php_developer">PHP Developer</option>
            <option value="python_developer">Python Developer</option>
            <option value="rails_developer">Rails Developer</option>
            <option value="web_designer">Web Designer</option>
            <option value="wordpress_developer">WordPress Developer</option>
          </optgroup>
          <optgroup label="mobile">
              <option value="android_developer">Andriod Developer</option>
              <option value="ios_developer">iOS Developer</option>
              <option value="mobile_developer">Mobile Developer</option>
           </optgroup>
            <optgroup label="business">
              <option value="business_owner">Business Owner</option>
              <option value="freelancer">Freelancer</option>
          </optgroup>
      </select>

    </fieldset>

    <button type="submit">Sign Up</button>

    </form>

</body>

</html>

Andrew Shipley
Andrew Shipley
7,781 Points

Update: Its appeared now, maybe the server was slow to update.

1 Answer

Masamune Altamirano
Masamune Altamirano
10,720 Points
Masamune Altamirano
Masamune Altamirano
10,720 Points

Thanks for the confirmation on the server being slow, I was doing a code challenge and the whole screen froze. Thought for sure it was my internet

Andrew Shipley
Andrew Shipley
7,781 Points

I can't say for sure its the same issue though.