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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Todd Ferreira
Todd Ferreira
3,192 Points
Posted by Todd Ferreira
Todd Ferreira
3,192 Points

Defining HTML doctype

I am at the challenge in the Front-end web development track where I am being asked to 'write an HTML doctype'. In the test area I have written <!DOCTYPE_html> and the site does not recognize this as a correct answer. Am I missing something? What exactly is it asking? Why is this not correct?

4 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Todd,

Replace the underscore with a space.

Kai Aldag
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Kai Aldag
Courses Plus Student 13,560 Points
Kai Aldag
Kai Aldag
Courses Plus Student 13,560 Points

Yes actually. The doctype and html should be seperated. So it would look like this

<!DOCTYPE html>

Todd Ferreira
Todd Ferreira
3,192 Points
Todd Ferreira
Todd Ferreira
3,192 Points

Huh. Thanks. I totally messed that up. I dont know why but I swear the video said add an underscore separating the DOCTYPE and html. Weird. But I was totally wrong. Thanks!

Kai Aldag
Kai Aldag
Courses Plus Student 13,560 Points

No problem :)

truemaulik
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truemaulik
Courses Plus Student 7,765 Points
truemaulik
truemaulik
Courses Plus Student 7,765 Points

It should be like this : 

<!DOCTYPE html>