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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Curtis Simonson
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Curtis Simonson
UX Design Techdegree Graduate 13,791 Points
Posted by Curtis Simonson
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Curtis Simonson
UX Design Techdegree Graduate 13,791 Points

What does "Create the HTML element that will serve as the document root", mean? I'm on challenge task 2/6

I am stuck on this part

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
  <html>
      <head>
      <meta charset = "utf-8">
        <title>Curtis Simonson|Designer</title>
      <head>
      <body>
         <header>
           <h1>Curtis Simonson</h1>
         <header>

2 Answers

Robin Orellana
Robin Orellana
11,626 Points
Robin Orellana
Robin Orellana
11,626 Points

you have to close it too

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
</html>
Trent Christofferson
Trent Christofferson
18,846 Points
Trent Christofferson
Trent Christofferson
18,846 Points

The document root is the <html></html> tags that is all that is requires to pass the second assignment. The document root is the first element in your html containing all other element minus the <!DOCTYPE html>