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HTML HTML Basics Structuring Your Content Grouping Content Challenge

Posted by Chris Gauthier
Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 Points

Group elements in a div

Having troubles with this one! Im assuming a div is what is required, but I may be misinterpreting the question?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <title>My Blog</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <h1>My Web Design &amp; Development Blog!</h1> 
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Articles</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Recent Work</a></li>            
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>

    <h2>The Main Articles</h2>   
    <div>
    <h3>My Favorite HTML Courses</h3> 
    <p>Fusce semper id ipsum sed scelerisque. Etiam nec elementum massa. Pellentesque tristique ex ac ipsum hendrerit, eget <a href="#">feugiat ante faucibus</a>.</p>
    </div>
    <h3>10 Handy CSS Features</h3> 
    <p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et <a href="#">ultrices posuere</a>.</p>    

    <h3>Follow Me on Social Media:</h3>
    </div>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Twitter</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Facebook</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">LinkedIn</a></li>     
    </ul>

    <footer>
      <p>&copy; 2017 My Blog</p>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Ezra Siton
Ezra Siton
12,644 Points
Ezra Siton
Ezra Siton
12,644 Points

Hint: "div is what is required" - NOOOOOOOO....Div is not semantic tag. Use tags like <article><main><aside><footer><nav> and so on....

Hint-2: The title of this html is my-blog. So the <main> area of this page is the articles list (and you should wrap each article item with ....see hint1)

Again. All the idea of HTML5 tags is to avoid "divs-spans salad". Keep this in your mind :)

The most simple example:

<!-- HTML 4 --->
<div id="main">
  <h2>my blog list</h2>
     <div class="article">
        <h3>article title</h3>
        <p>description</p>
   </div>
.... rest of the code
</div>

<!-- HTML 5 -->
<main>
  <h2>my blog list</h2>
     <article>
        <h3>article title</h3>
       < p>description</p>
     </article>
.... rest of the code
</main>
Chris Gauthier
Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 Points

Im a little frustrated. I am not a front end developer at all, so would you mind cutting and pasting the solution so I can have a look and continue with the course?

Thanks Chris

Chris Gauthier
PLUS
Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 Points
Chris Gauthier
Chris Gauthier
Courses Plus Student 6,434 Points

Ezra, thanks! I just got it. I appreciate your help.

Chris