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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Nathan Gonzales
Nathan Gonzales
2,641 Points

Workspace malfunction why is the code challenge telling me my code is incorrect when it is?

I am on task 6 and it is asking me to add a header element, section element and footer element. However, when I have completed this task and checked my work, it says that a header element should be place between the <body> and </body> tags. Very confusing, since it is what I did.

index.html 
<!Doctype html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title></title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <h1>Nathan Gonzales| Developer</h1>
    <section>Gallery goes here.</section>
    <footer></footer>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Rachel Bird
Rachel Bird
11,968 Points
Rachel Bird
Rachel Bird
11,968 Points

I had to do it like this to get it to pass:

<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
  <head><meta charset="utf-8">
  <title></title></head>
  <body>
    <header></header>
    <section></section>
    <footer></footer>
  </body>
</html>

Seemed like it mattered that the section and footer were inside the body too.

Nathan Gonzales
Nathan Gonzales
2,641 Points

Thanks Rachel,

I get it now.

Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points
Dan Johnson
Dan Johnson
40,533 Points

It's looking for the actual header element instead of one of the heading tags.

Just switch from:

<h1>Nathan Gonzales| Developer</h1>

To:

<header>Nathan Gonzales| Developer</header>
Nathan Gonzales
Nathan Gonzales
2,641 Points

Thanks Dan,

I was a little confused, but it seems like an easy fix.