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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Ira Dwight
Ira Dwight
1,132 Points

i thought i wrote the right code but it kept saying Bummer make sure you define the right code

What did i do wrong?

index.html 
<iDOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Ira Dwight ! Photographer</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <h1>Ira Dwight</h1>
      <h2>Designer</h2>
    </header>
    <section>
      <p>Gallery will go here.</p>
    </section>
    <footer>
      <p>&copy; 2016 Ira Dwight.</p>
    </footer>
    </body>
  </html>

3 Answers

Jacob Herrington
Jacob Herrington
15,835 Points
Jacob Herrington
Jacob Herrington
15,835 Points

Your doctype has an error, it's easy to fix.

Change

<iDOCTYPE html>

to

<!DOCTYPE html>
Vance Rivera
Vance Rivera
18,322 Points
Vance Rivera
Vance Rivera
18,322 Points

DOCTYPE is wrong here.

<!-- Should be -->
<!DOCTYPE html>

Cheers!