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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Javid Beykzadeh
Javid Beykzadeh
5,863 Points

Why is my body element not correct?

What is the problem with this?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
      <body>
        </head>
</html>

2 Answers

David Roberts
David Roberts
6,191 Points
David Roberts
David Roberts
6,191 Points

The <body> tag should go after the closing </head> tag.
You will also need to close the body tag </body>

Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points
Wayne Priestley
Wayne Priestley
19,579 Points

Hi Javid,

Its the placement you have wrong, you also need to close the tag.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
    </head>

    <body>
    </body>
</html>