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HTML HTML Basics Going Further with HTML Links and Paths Challenge

Posted by Mickey Odunikan
Mickey Odunikan
7,392 Points

Think this question is broken I put the correct link (href="/#portfolio" ) inside the anchor tags and its not working

Think this question is broken I put the correct link (href="/#portfolio" ) inside the anchor tags and its not working

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Portfolio Page</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <img src="../img/logo.png" alt="Site logo">
    <ul>
      <li><a href="/">Home</a></li>
      <li><a href="/#portfolio">Portfolio</a></li>                
    </ul>

    <section id="portfolio">My Portfolio</section>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

KRIS NIKOLAISEN
KRIS NIKOLAISEN
54,972 Points

Try without the forward slash. There is an example in the video @ 2:40.

Lee Fendley
Lee Fendley
3,006 Points
Lee Fendley
Lee Fendley
3,006 Points

Hi Mickey, Kris is correct here - the forward slash would be used for a relative URL. As you are linking an anchor tag you can simply use the hash tag followed by the element id.