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nl9
1,478 Pointsit keeps telling me to add the list item for portfolio, even tho i did, and i made sure i closed it with</li>
It won't let me go to the next question, it says to make sure you add a portfolio list item, which i did just like the about and the contact...
Logan R
22,989 PointsCan you please post your code? It would make it slightly easier to help you :)
Try to use code mark-up. Add three ` before and after your code.
nl9
1,478 PointsHi, here's the code, now it worked, but only when i copy pasted the word "portfolio" from the challenge.
<ul>
<li> Portfolio </li>
<li> About </li>
<li> Contact </li>
</ul>
it didn't work before, same thing but i typed portfolio my self...
Ryan Duchene
Courses Plus Student 46,022 PointsFixed your disappearing code. :)
7 Answers
Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsHi Nosson, sometimes capitalization matters in the challenges.
Kevin Frerichs
706 PointsI am running into the same problem in workspaces. The same bit of code.
<nav>
<ul>Portfolio</ul>
<ul>About</ul>
<ul>Contact</ul>
</nav>
It says "be sure to ad a list item with the word portfolio in it."
Colton Fitzgerald
15,815 PointsYou're marking it up a little bit wrong :)
The <ul> Tag defines that you are making an unordered list while the <li> tag is for each item. This is what it should look like:
<nav>
<ul>
<li>Portfolio</li>
<li>About</li>
<li>Contact</li>
</ul>
</nav>
nl9
1,478 Points<ul> <li> Portfolio </li> <li> About </li> <li> Contact </li> </ul>
nl9
1,478 Pointsi posted the code but it appears to have changed it in the comments to regular text. anyway it worked thanks.
Dustin Matlock
33,856 PointsYou'll want to make sure you're also using a code editor and not Microsoft Word, or TextEdit, etc. Glad it's working for you!
nl9
1,478 Pointsthanks dustin, I'm using workspaces, i also think your idea about Caps was it. Thanks again
nl9
1,478 Pointsthanks Ryan, don't know why it did that.
Kevin Frerichs
706 PointsOh yes!..ha, thank you.
Colton Fitzgerald
15,815 PointsColton Fitzgerald
15,815 PointsCan you post the code you used?