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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Posted by Lars Emil Tingstein
Lars Emil Tingstein
418 Points

my anchor and href tag wont work. i set it up like: <li><a href:"cakes.html">Cakes</a></li>

what am i doing wrong here? tried googling and tried different ways, but it's always incorrect....

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

  </body>
</html>

3 Answers

Don Macarthur
Don Macarthur
28,430 Points
Don Macarthur
Don Macarthur
28,430 Points

Hi Lars,

You'll kick yourself when you see it but it is a simple error: href should be set with a "=" not a ":" as you have

ie your code should be 

<a href="Cakes.html">Cakes</a>

Hope that helps Don :-)

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

You have a syntax error in your anchor tag

Check how you are specifying the href attribute.

Lars Emil Tingstein
Lars Emil Tingstein
418 Points
Lars Emil Tingstein
Lars Emil Tingstein
418 Points

Hey, Don! hahah, that did the trick. Sometimes it's hard to see when it's so obvious :-)

Don Macarthur
Don Macarthur
28,430 Points

No worries Lars. I've done it a thousand times myself :-)