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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Cassandra Cunningham
Cassandra Cunningham
2,810 Points
Posted by Cassandra Cunningham
Cassandra Cunningham
2,810 Points

I keep getting told to change the href attribute of the second <a> tag to 'pies.html'. I have done so.

i tried using single quotes and double quotes neither is accepted as a right answer.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lists and Links</title>
  </head>
  <body>
  <ul>
    <a href="cakes.html">  <li> Cakes</li></a>
  <a href="pies.html"><li>Pies</li></a>
  <a href="candy.html"><li>Candy</li></a>
    </ul>
  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
221,902 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
221,902 Points

The anchor (link) elements should be inside the list items. Right now they are "inside out".

A good rule to remember is that all direct children of any list ("ol" or "ul") must be list items ("li").