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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
321 Points

I think I'm submitting the right thing, but it doesn't like it.

I'm submitting this: <!doctype html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta title="Why doesn't this work?"> </head> <body> </body> </html>

but it still says I need to put a title on my page. It's not giving me any explanation of what it is finding wrong.

2 Answers

Sean Perryman
Sean Perryman
13,810 Points
Sean Perryman
Sean Perryman
13,810 Points

You have done well, a doctype is a necessary piece of an HTML page. What you are missing is this:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Page Title Goes Here</title>
  </head>
Sean Perryman
Sean Perryman
13,810 Points
Sean Perryman
Sean Perryman
13,810 Points

Just as a point of reference, every standard HTML page I write starts with this template:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Page Title Goes Here</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    Body content goes here
  </body>
</html>
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
321 Points
Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
321 Points

Thanks Sean, the whole html I wrote didn't copy right. Here it is: '''html <!doctype html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta title="Title"> </head> <body> </body> </html> ''' So it looks like they were looking for a <title> instead of the meta title.

thanks!

Dan Sullivan
Dan Sullivan
321 Points

HA! nevermind. it still didn't paste right. thanks