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

Posted by Aidan D
Aidan D
575 Points

Why isn't this right help please

I can't see why this is wrong

Hayden Taylor
Hayden Taylor
5,076 Points
Hayden Taylor
Hayden Taylor
5,076 Points

that doesn't link to anywhere. Could you post the code making sure you take out the < and >

2 Answers

Aidan D
Aidan D
575 Points
Aidan D
Aidan D
575 Points

it said not to add links yet so I didn't <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Aidan Deitch | American</title> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html"> <h1>Aidan Deitch</h1> <h2>American</h2>
</a> <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> </nav> </header> <section> <p>GALLEREY WILL GO HERE</p> </section> <footer> <p>Ā© 2014 Aidan Deitch.</p> </footer>

</body> </html>

Hayden Taylor
Hayden Taylor
5,076 Points
Hayden Taylor
Hayden Taylor
5,076 Points

Hmm based on what you have provided I am assuming you are missing some tags? So here is a basic structure of a page.

<!DOCTYPE html>

         < head >
         < /head >
         < body >
                    < header >
                          < nav >
                                   < u l>
                                             < li >< a href="" >< /a >< /li >
                                             < li >< a href="" >< /a >< /li >
                                             < li >< a href="" >< /a >< /li >
                                             < li >< a href="" >< /a >< /li >
                                  < /ul >
                           < /nav >
                    < /header >
        < /body >
< /html >

notice I added how to do a list and how it should be done as a navigation
Hayden Taylor
Hayden Taylor
5,076 Points
Hayden Taylor
Hayden Taylor
5,076 Points

I wish I knew how to format the answers better on here

Lindsey Di Napoli
Lindsey Di Napoli
19,572 Points
Lindsey Di Napoli
Lindsey Di Napoli
19,572 Points

Hayden Taylor - if you add 3 backticks ( ) on the line before you write the code, with the syntax type (in this case``html ), and then again after (just backticks, no syntax name) it will show the code with the correct syntax highlighting.

Lindsey Di Napoli
Lindsey Di Napoli
19,572 Points
Lindsey Di Napoli
Lindsey Di Napoli
19,572 Points

Ack it won't let me edit correctly, it just posts new comments :D ! But what I was trying to say was:

If you add 3 backticks on the line before you write the code, with the syntax type (in this case 3 backticks and html ), and then again after (just backticks, no syntax name) it will show the code with the correct syntax highlighting. If you click the markdown cheatsheet it will show you exactly how to do it.

Hayden Taylor
Hayden Taylor
5,076 Points
Hayden Taylor
Hayden Taylor
5,076 Points

Thank you very much I also posted a forum question if you answer it il accept the answer (its the same question)