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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Dimitar Pavlovski
Dimitar Pavlovski
10,913 Points
Posted by Dimitar Pavlovski
Dimitar Pavlovski
10,913 Points

What means this message: Bummer! Make sure you define the HTML Doctype tag.

I'm getting the message: Bummer! Make sure you define the HTML Doctype tag. after I write the first line of code <!DOCTYPE html> or after a write the entire code:

index.html 
<! DOCTYPE html>

1 Answer

Tomas Novak
Tomas Novak
6,957 Points
Tomas Novak
Tomas Novak
6,957 Points

You have there empty space after ! . The Doctype tag must be in exact form.

You should write <!DOCTYPE html> no <! DOCTYPE html>