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HTML Treehouse Club: HTML Publish a Story HTML Structure

Posted by Charles Woodring
Charles Woodring
3,069 Points

html tag after doctype

why am I getting an error saying my html tag needs to be after the doctype when t is?

index.html 
<!--This is my first HTML example.-->
<!DOCTYPE html>

<html>

</html>

2 Answers

Rebecca St.Clair
Rebecca St.Clair
5,088 Points
Rebecca St.Clair
Rebecca St.Clair
5,088 Points

Try moving the comment below the doctype tag. The doctype should always be the vary first tag because it is telling the browser how to interpret everything ells.

Nandish Badami
Nandish Badami
780 Points
Nandish Badami
Nandish Badami
780 Points

The doctype must be at the top of your html code because it tells the browser which version of html your using