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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Mwiinga Banji
Mwiinga Banji
1,297 Points
Posted by Mwiinga Banji
Mwiinga Banji
1,297 Points

html

i dont understand why I am getting an error on this task

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lists and Links</title>
  </head>
  <body>
  <ul>
   <a href="cakes.html"> <li> Cakes</li></a>
    <a href= "pies.html"><li> Pies</li></a>
    <a href="candy.html"><li> Candy</li></a>
    </ul>

  </body>
</html>

1 Answer

Ivan Penchev
Ivan Penchev
13,833 Points
Ivan Penchev
Ivan Penchev
13,833 Points

Because it's supposed to be like this:

<ul>
    <li><a href="#">Link 1</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">Link 2</a></li>
</ul>

li stands for "list item". This is the only tag you can have as a direct child of <ul>...</ul>, so you have to put your links inside the <li>.