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

Posted by Daniel Rego
Daniel Rego
7,956 Points

why isn't the Portfolio linking to index.html?

<header> <a href="index.html"> <nav> <ul>

        <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio<a/></li>
            <li><a href="about.html">About</li>
            <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</li>
      </ul>

8 Answers

Kyle Charlebois
Kyle Charlebois
6,494 Points 
<ul>
       <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>
       <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
       <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
</ul>
wolnie stewart jr
wolnie stewart jr
606 Points
wolnie stewart jr
wolnie stewart jr
606 Points

You have to put the / before the a to end it like this </a> When your done it should look like this <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> </ul>

wolnie stewart jr
wolnie stewart jr
606 Points
wolnie stewart jr
wolnie stewart jr
606 Points

'''<li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> </ul>'''

wolnie stewart jr
wolnie stewart jr
606 Points
wolnie stewart jr
wolnie stewart jr
606 Points

im sorry but it wont let me post the code to show you i'm new to this as well

wolnie stewart jr
wolnie stewart jr
606 Points
wolnie stewart jr
wolnie stewart jr
606 Points

'''html <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> </ul> '''

Daniel Rego
Daniel Rego
7,956 Points
Daniel Rego
Daniel Rego
7,956 Points

hey thanks wolnie,

I went ahead and corrected the </a> tag, but for some reason, it doesn't want to link the index.html to the Portfolio name.

/ul> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li> <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li> </ul>

Peter Ramsing
Peter Ramsing
16,814 Points
Peter Ramsing
Peter Ramsing
16,814 Points

Try this:

      <ul>      
         <li><a href="index.html">Portfolio<a/></li>
         <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
         <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
      </ul>

with the closing </a>

Daniel Rego
Daniel Rego
7,956 Points

Hey Peter,

Thanks for the follow up. I updated the <a/> tag to the correct </a> tag but for some reason it still was noting that it wasn't linked to the index.html file.

wolnie stewart jr
wolnie stewart jr
606 Points
wolnie stewart jr
wolnie stewart jr
606 Points

ok i think i see the problem 

<li><a href="index.html">Portfolio</a></li>

try that out