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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Posted by Elissa Bowling
Elissa Bowling
7,370 Points

I'm putting in exactly what the prompt is telling me and it's coming in incorrect. Bug?

I'm putting in exactly what the instructions say (namely <a href="pies.html"> on the second line item, but it's telling me I still need to do that. Looks like a bug?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lists and Links</title>
  </head>
  <body>
     <ul>
       <a href="cakes.html"><li>Cakes</li></a>
       <a href="pies.html"><li>Pies</li></a>
       <a href="candy.html"><li>Candy</li></a>
    </ul>  
  </body>
</html>
Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points
Adam Beer
Adam Beer
11,314 Points

Hello Elissa. Change the line for example: <li><a href="cakes.html">Cakes</a></li>. And it does work. Cheers!

3 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Your links are "inside out". The link (a) should be inside the list item (li).

A good rule of thumb to remember: all direct children of a list (either "ul" or "ol") must be list items ("li").

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

Hi Elissa,

Unfortunately, it's not a bug, but you are are on the right track.

A key thing to remember here is that a list element (either an ordered list <ol> or unordered list <ul>) can only have list items as their direct children. In your code, the direct child is an anchor element <a>.
So, everything is there, it's just a bit mixed up.

The proper syntax for links in lists would, therefore, be:

<ol>
    <li><a></a></li>
</ol>

With these hints, I'm sure you'll get it now :thumbsup:

Nice work! :) :dizzy:

Elissa Bowling
Elissa Bowling
7,370 Points
Elissa Bowling
Elissa Bowling
7,370 Points

Awesome, thank you!