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

Posted by Ramkumar Arutla
Ramkumar Arutla
Courses Plus Student 214 Points

Even i type right, I couldn't move next. Please, could some one help me.

The error msg: add portfolio to list item.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
         <nav>
     <ul>
        <li>Portfolio</li>
        <li>About</li>
        <li>Contact</li>

      </ul>
  </nav>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <section></section>
    <footer>
      <p>&copy; 2013 Nick Pettit.</p>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>

4 Answers

Sara Chicazul
Sara Chicazul
7,475 Points

The error Treehouse is giving you is not the actual problem. The problem is that you have two nav tags, one inside each other. Look at the code Akshay posted, do you see how it only has one nav tag? Try it like that.

Sara Chicazul
Sara Chicazul
7,475 Points

The reason Treehouse sometimes gives the wrong error is because computer error checkers are not smart! It knows there should be a nav tag, followed by a list item that says Portfolio. Instead it saw another nav tag, and it just stopped there to say "this line is wrong!" The error checker is not smart enough to notice that you put the correct line somewhere else in the code, or to change the error message to tell you exactly what you did wrong.

Sara Chicazul
Sara Chicazul
7,475 Points
Sara Chicazul
Sara Chicazul
7,475 Points

Look closely at your nav element. Do you remember how many there are supposed to be?

Edit: sorry, I forgot a word so my answer didn't make sense!

akshaythakur
PLUS
akshaythakur
Courses Plus Student 34,019 Points
akshaythakur
akshaythakur
Courses Plus Student 34,019 Points

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

Why u want 2 nav??

Ramkumar Arutla
Ramkumar Arutla
Courses Plus Student 214 Points

Guys, I couldn't find what is wrong. I Inserted a nav tag with ul command with list . It is showing a error msg as add portfolio to the list. But I had already added It.

Ramkumar Arutla
PLUS
Ramkumar Arutla
Courses Plus Student 214 Points
Ramkumar Arutla
Ramkumar Arutla
Courses Plus Student 214 Points

Thank you very much.