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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Jennifer Obssuth
Jennifer Obssuth
103 Points

Bummer! Make sure you define the HTML Doctype tag.

I received this message after completing the task. How do I check this? Thx, Jen

The content looked correct in preview mode.

Is below my answer? How do I type backwards quote mark?

index.html

2 Answers

Yaroslav Kleshchev
Yaroslav Kleshchev
8,744 Points
Yaroslav Kleshchev
Yaroslav Kleshchev
8,744 Points

I believe you need this on the top if you html page.

<!DOCTYPE html>
Tim Holley
Tim Holley
8,464 Points
Tim Holley
Tim Holley
8,464 Points

The html Doctype tag is just this at the top of your document

<!DOCTYPE html>
Jennifer Obssuth
Jennifer Obssuth
103 Points

Thank you- I think I put a space after the !