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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Dave Armlin
Dave Armlin
291 Points

Incorrect failure on HTML quiz on title element

<!DOCTYPE html> <html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title>Dave</title></head><body></body></html>

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head><meta charset="UTF-8"><title>Dave</title></head><body></body></html>

2 Answers

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher
Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

Yes, your code should pass, but apparently they're having trouble evaluating it because of the way it's formatted. If you take your same code and properly indent it... it passes.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
      <title>Dave</title>
  </head>
  <body>
  </body>
</html>
Dave Armlin
Dave Armlin
291 Points
Dave Armlin
Dave Armlin
291 Points

Thanks Jennifer. A little better error message (stylistic feedback opposed to syntax accuracy) would be great, but really appreciate your help. I am auditing these courses to see what the experience is like. Thanks!

Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
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Jennifer Nordell
Treehouse Teacher

I agree Dave Armlin, but keep in mind that it's not a real person evaluating your code. It's another piece of code. So if your result doesn't exactly match what they're expecting, it will fail. But this is also true for other sites as well including free code camp and codecademy. I've seen people fail a challenge because they were missing a purely aesthetic space, period, or comma. Also note that I'm a student just like yourself! We help each other out around here a lot! If you ever see a profile with a fancy green border... that's a staff member :)