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HTML How to Make a Website Creating HTML Content Create Navigation with Lists

Natalie Raketic
Natalie Raketic
691 Points
Posted by Natalie Raketic
Natalie Raketic
691 Points

Error says a href is not linking to right link, but it is.

The error says the Portfolio should link to "index.html". My code is linking to the correct file, so I don't know what is going on in my code to give it that error.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html">
        <nav>
          <ul>
            <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>
            <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
            <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
         </ul>
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
       </a>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <section></section>
    <footer>
      <p>&copy; 2013 Nick Pettit.</p>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Jason Anders
MOD
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Hey Natalie,

You have all the correct elements, just not quite in the right places. To be honest, I'm not sure why Task one and two passed, which is what is causing the obvious confusion as to why Task three isn't passing.

The 1st task asks for a

navigation element with an unordered list element after the link inside the header.

You have the element and the list, but you have it inside the link element instead of after the link element. The opening <nav> and subsequent code needs to go after the closing </a> tag for the link.

Like I said, everything you have is correct, just misplaced. What I would do, is reset the code and start over fresh, this time just starting the <nav> after the </a>.

Keep Coding! :) :dizzy:

Natalie Raketic
Natalie Raketic
691 Points
Natalie Raketic
Natalie Raketic
691 Points

Ah that makes sense. Easy enough fix. Thanks for the reply!

Jason Anello
PLUS
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points
Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Natalie,

The instructions say to put the nav element after the link inside the header. You've placed it inside the link.