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Daniel Heila
1,811 PointsHTML Lists challenge task 2 bug?
In task 2 of HTML Lists Challenge, I am asked to add three list items ("Stop" "Drop" "Roll") to the ordered list I created in the previous task successfully. Here is how I answered it:
<ol>
<li>stop</li>
<li>drop</li>
<li>roll</li>
</ol>
I continually get an error message "BUMMER, 'Stop' should be first in the list". Which it is. Kept trying it with different spellings of the words, with caps, with quotes, etc. No luck.
Bug?
Thanks, Daniel
7 Answers
Daniel Heila
1,811 PointsWell, just did exactly the same coding for this task (7th or 8th time) and it finally showed the correct result. Is this a common thing with the challenges? It kind of felt like it was being worked on as we chatted. I got glitchy results going back and forth between preview and editor.
Thanks for every one's help. Getting a hang of it little by little.
Take care, Daniel
Alexey Tseitlin
5,866 Pointsthe "back tick" is behind "1". or just copy past this ```
Daniel Heila
1,811 PointsGot the code in there now. Hope that helps. Thanks, Daniel
Alexey Tseitlin
5,866 PointsNo bug. Here is my code. All works:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Lists Challenge</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>HTML Lists Challenge</h1>
<!-- Write your code below -->
<ol>
<li>Stop</li>
<li>Drop</li>
<li>Roll</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Alexey Tseitlin
5,866 PointsDoes the code looks like this?
<ul>
<li>Stop</li>
<li>Drop</li>
<li>Roll</li>
</ul>
Daniel Heila
1,811 PointsNo. It is an ordered list. Otherwise, yes that is the markup.
Alexey Tseitlin
5,866 PointsPlease add your code)
Daniel Heila
1,811 PointsYes, trying to do that. I got a bit snarky there, my apologies. However, I don't know how to type the "back ticks" that are required to enter code in posts. Help?
Peter Smith
12,347 Points@Daniel Firstly, you can enter code into your questions using Markdown. Treehouse has this markdown cheatsheet in the forums.
As for your root question about Stop Drop Roll, I just completed that challenge a few weeks back without issue. Use markdown to show your full code here and maybe someone in the community can be more helpful (maybe that person is even me!)
Daniel Heila
1,811 PointsYes, I looked at the cheatsheet but cannot locate the "back tick" character on my keyboard.
Peter Smith
12,347 PointsDaniel Heila where is the challenge? Can you post a link to it?
Daniel Heila
1,811 PointsPeter Here is the URL for the challenge:
[HTML Lists Challenge]http://teamtreehouse.com/library/html/lists/html-lists
Peter Smith
12,347 PointsDaniel Heila I just did the challenge and this code worked, perhaps you made an accidental change to some of the provided code?
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Lists Challenge</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>HTML Lists Challenge</h1>
<!-- Write your code below -->
<ol>
<li>Stop</li>
<li>Drop</li>
<li>Roll</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Daniel Heila
1,811 PointsPeter
Actually, I get the same code but it still doesn't work. When I enter the code and preview, I get a truncated list (no 1. stop): 2. drop 3. roll.
2. drop
3. roll
Here is the code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML Lists Challenge</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>HTML Lists Challenge</h1>
<!-- Write your code below -->
<ol>
<li>stop</li>
<li>drop</li>
<li>roll</li>
</ol>
</body>
</html>
Peter Smith
12,347 PointsPeter Smith
12,347 PointsDaniel, I can't speculate why it worked now and didn't before but I'm glad it works now!
Daniel Heila
1,811 PointsDaniel Heila
1,811 PointsDo you think it could be browser related? The browser has been kind of choppy today (Firefox, updated).
Peter Smith
12,347 PointsPeter Smith
12,347 PointsAgain, not sure. I'm honestly more tempted to think it was a minor typo on your end than anything else. I think only because it worked well for me today, and it worked well when I passed it a week ago.
But anyway, glad it worked out!
Daniel Heila
1,811 PointsDaniel Heila
1,811 PointsWell, back to square one. After getting a pass on that task, when I tried to go to the next one, I was rerouted back to task 2. When I tried to complete it yet again, I got the BUMMER message.
I appreciate your honesty about the typo thing and I totally know where you are coming from. However, I am a copyeditor as well as an aspiring Web designer and feel that my fine tooth comb for things like that is pretty well greased (pomade?).
I'm just going to go on to the next topic and hope I won't be hindered by the glitch. I am going to email the tech support as well.
Again, thanks for your help.
Take care, Daniel