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Posted by Walters Obenson
Walters Obenson
Courses Plus Student 425 Points

Problem with text editor

Hi all, What can be the cause when typing using text editor the code in the box turn up red. Any suggestions?

Rby Falr
Rby Falr
2,489 Points

Could you tell us what code editor you are using and if possible a screenshot of the problem?

2 Answers

Walters Obenson
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Walters Obenson
Courses Plus Student 425 Points
Walters Obenson
Walters Obenson
Courses Plus Student 425 Points

Thanks Robby,

I am using the sublime code editor.

The bottom line is that these codes underneath turns red which is very unusual 

</head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type"content="text/html:charset=utf-8"/>
<title>smells Like Bakin" Cupcake Company</title>
</head>
<body>
Rby Falr
Rby Falr
2,489 Points

Hey Walters, It looks like your forgot to indent your code with 4 spaces. Try posting your code again, but this time indent with 4 spaces.

Rby Falr
Rby Falr
2,489 Points

Thanks for formatting your code. Well I'm not 100% sure why you're code is turning red, but you are missing some elements/tags in the code you posted above that you need. Such as the <!DOCTYPE html>, opening and closing <html>, and closing </body> elements.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    </head>
        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"content="text/html:charset=utf-8"/>
        <title>Smells Like Bakin' Cupcake Company</title>
    </head>
    <body>

    </body>
</html>
Andy Fox
Andy Fox
2,989 Points
Andy Fox
Andy Fox
2,989 Points

Replace : (colon) with ; (semicolon) in content, between text/html and charset