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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

james chhun
james chhun
5,932 Points
Posted by james chhun
james chhun
5,932 Points

setting href attribute to an anchor

my challenge is setting a link to a unordered list. I must set "href" attribute to an anchor.

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

1 Answer

Abbey Tipton
Abbey Tipton
16,846 Points
Abbey Tipton
Abbey Tipton
16,846 Points

Hello there! Remember that (almost) anything you open in HTML must also be closed. Just like you opened your list items with <li> and closed them with </li>, you need to close your link tags after the text you want to show. Such as:

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

I hope that helps!

Eric M
Eric M
11,545 Points
Eric M
Eric M
11,545 Points

Hi Abbey, I've changed this to an answer as it's very helpful for this question. This is just in case people are looking for unanswered questions to help with :)