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

terry Simpson
terry Simpson
1,462 Points
Posted by terry Simpson
terry Simpson
1,462 Points

not sure I understand this question so Im not getting the code right.

challenge task 2 of 3:

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

my code:

 <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="">Potfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
Ty Jarrett
Ty Jarrett
3,476 Points

you have to open an unordered list with your list items in between the open and close ul tag

Ty Jarrett
Ty Jarrett
3,476 Points

and in order to post code u must use ``` on the line before your code and the line after your code refer to the Markdown Cheatsheet

Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Hi Terry

Your HTML code wasn't showing up correctly. I fixed it in your post.

For the future, to put HTML/CSS/JavaScript in a forum post:

  1. hit return to create a new line and type three back tick characters ```

  2. hit return to create another new line and paste your HTML

  3. hit return and add three more back tick characters: ``` The back tick character isn't the same as the single quote -- ' -- mark; the back tick is located on the same key as the ~ on most keyboards.

Also to add correct color highlighting add the name of the language after the back ticks like this: ```CSS. Here's what CSS should look like in a forum post:

#gallery li {
  float: left;
  width: 45%;
}

3 Answers

Ty Jarrett
Ty Jarrett
3,476 Points
Ty Jarrett
Ty Jarrett
3,476 Points 
<nav>
 <ul>
   <li>portfolio</li>
   <li>about</li>
   <li>contact</li>
 </ul>
</nav>
Dave McFarland
STAFF
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Terry, what Ty wrote: you don't add the <a> tags yet.