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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Adding a New Web Page Test: Write and Style an Element

Horus Chay
Horus Chay
1,518 Points
Posted by Horus Chay
Horus Chay
1,518 Points

where am i doing it wrong?

I am doing the very first task of this challenge and they are asking me to set up my HTML doc with <!doctype> and <html> tags. I did it but they keep saying that I did it wrong? But where is the mistake?

index.html 
<!doctype>

<html>

2 Answers

Valeshan Naidoo
Valeshan Naidoo
27,008 Points
Valeshan Naidoo
Valeshan Naidoo
27,008 Points

You also need a closing html tag i.e. </html>

steven swensen
steven swensen
7,926 Points
steven swensen
steven swensen
7,926 Points

Hey man when ever you write your !DOCTYPE it should have HTML after it like so

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang = "en">
   <head>
       <title>The title of your page.</title>
      <meta charset = "utf-8">
   </head>

This is the basic set up of a head