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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Alberta Poon
Alberta Poon
178 Points

i dont understand what this task wants me to do next

Create the HTML element that will serve as the document root.

tried recreating what i learned in the lesson and keep getting this error: Bummer! Make sure you define the HTML tag for the document root.

but i'm not sure whats its asking me to do

also in the workspace i recreated what the lesson taught and when i hit preview there is nothing in the browser. Also when i put in code such as <h1> workspace doesn't automatically finish the code with </h1> like it does in the video. what am i doing wrong?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<h1>Scorpiono</h1>

3 Answers

Salman Akram
PLUS
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points
Salman Akram
Salman Akram
Courses Plus Student 40,065 Points

Hi Alberta,

You have to create HTML element like < HTML ></ HTML >, it will not shown in the browser you see but only foundation of HTML process like this below

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

<body>
<h1>Scorpiono</h1>
</body>

</html>
James Maddox
James Maddox
17,154 Points
James Maddox
James Maddox
17,154 Points

You should also add your <head></head> tag just above your <body></body> tag.

Angela Riggs
Angela Riggs
2,539 Points
Angela Riggs
Angela Riggs
2,539 Points

"Also when i put in code such as workspace doesn't automatically finish the code with like it does in the video. what am i doing wrong?"

You're not doing anything wrong! :) Workspaces purposefully does not auto-complete the code. (I actually like this feature - I know that I tend to be able to recall something better when I've written/typed it out.)