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HTML How to Make a Website Creating HTML Content Create Navigation with Lists

Posted by Shane Sharma
Shane Sharma
463 Points

Listing , code challenge task 2

Inside the navigation element, create three list items with the words, “Portfolio”, “About”, and “Contact”. Don’t add links yet.

<header>
  <a href="index.html">
    <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
    <h2>Designer</h2>
  </a>
  <nav>
  <ul>
    <li>Portfolio<li>  
    <li>About</li>
    <li>Contact</li>
    </ul>
  </nav>

</header>

what am i doing wrong here?

3 Answers

James Gill
PLUS
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points
James Gill
James Gill
Courses Plus Student 34,936 Points

Shane,

First, the closing tag of the first list item is incorrect.

Peter Ramsing
Peter Ramsing
16,814 Points
Peter Ramsing
Peter Ramsing
16,814 Points 
<header>
  <a href="index.html">
    <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
    <h2>Designer</h2>
  </a>

<nav>
    <ul>
       <li>Portfolio</li>  
       <li>About</li>
       <li>Contact</li>
     </ul>
  </nav>
</header>

You forgot the "/" in your closing tag on the first list item.

Kyle Charlebois
Kyle Charlebois
6,494 Points
Kyle Charlebois
Kyle Charlebois
6,494 Points 
<header>
      <a href="index.html">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
    <nav>  
      <ul>
        <li>Portfolio</li>
        <li>About</li>
        <li>Contact</li>
      </ul>
    </nav>
    </header>