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David Dehghani
6,992 PointsSubmit Button help!
This should be fairly easy and to me everything seems 100%. There must be something I'm missing.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>HTML Forms</title>
</head>
<body>
<form action="index.html" method="post">
<h1>Shirt Order Form</h1>
<label for="color">Shirt Color:</label>
<select id="color" name="shirt_color">
<option value="red">Red </option>
<option value="yellow">Yellow </option>
<option value="purple">Purple </option>
<option value="blue">Blue </option>
<option value="green">Green </option>
<option value="orange">Orange </option>
<button type="submit"> Place Order </button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer
Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse TeacherHi David Dehghani! Would it be comforting to know that your code for your button is just fine? 
<select> tag with </select>. This causes an error meaning that the form cannot be closed properly.
So above the line with your button you need:
</select>
Hope this helps, and hang in there! You were sooooo close on this one!
David Dehghani
6,992 PointsDavid Dehghani
6,992 PointsAh jeez! I got to start remembering which elements need closing tags! I knew my button element was right and it was driving me nuts.
Thanks Jennifer! :)