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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Practice Selecting Elements

Posted by paulos kesete
paulos kesete
Courses Plus Student 2,623 Points

don't work. somebody, please.

document.querySelectorAll();

js/app.js 
let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav a');
let galleryLinks = document.querySelectorAll('#gallery a');
let footerImages = ;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul id="gallery">
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2016 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  <script src="js/app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>
David Deberry
David Deberry
5,447 Points
David Deberry
David Deberry
5,447 Points

I tried it and these worked fine. Not sure why it would not be working.

let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav a');

let galleryLinks = document.querySelectorAll('#gallery a');

let footerImages = document.querySelectorAll('footer img');

2 Answers

paulos kesete
PLUS
paulos kesete
Courses Plus Student 2,623 Points
paulos kesete
paulos kesete
Courses Plus Student 2,623 Points

sorry its about (=) i did this mistakenly, let footerImages = ; it should be like this, let footerImages;

thank you.

David Deberry
David Deberry
5,447 Points
David Deberry
David Deberry
5,447 Points

No problem. That mistake was well hidden. lol

paulos kesete
PLUS
paulos kesete
Courses Plus Student 2,623 Points
paulos kesete
paulos kesete
Courses Plus Student 2,623 Points

Bummer! SyntaxError: js/app.js: Unexpected token ; (3:19)

it says. i don't know.