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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Colin Robinson
Colin Robinson
767 Points

Need to add a title element to my page

Need to add a title element, it is saying I am not writing the right code.

Garrett Sanderson
Garrett Sanderson
12,735 Points
Garrett Sanderson
Garrett Sanderson
12,735 Points 
<title><!-- Your Title Here --></title>
Colin Robinson
Colin Robinson
767 Points

Okay, thank you all. I got it. <title></title> just wasn't paying attention.

3 Answers

Ron McCranie
Ron McCranie
7,837 Points
Ron McCranie
Ron McCranie
7,837 Points

Right now it's inside of a comment 

<!--  -- >

which will not show. Try...

<title>My Website</title>
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Try:

<title>Place Your Title Here</title>
Fields Puckett
Fields Puckett
9,323 Points
Fields Puckett
Fields Puckett
9,323 Points

I think it has something to do with the '!' at the beginning of your text area. I feel like writing <! is leading the program to think you're starting a DOCTYPE declaration.