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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Kendal Shipley
Kendal Shipley
5,219 Points
Posted by Kendal Shipley
Kendal Shipley
5,219 Points

Write an HTML doctype?

I wrote...

<!DOCTYPE> <html>

</html>

4 Answers

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

you are very close to the correct answer, but it should be

<!DOCTYPE html>

which is the HTML5 doctype declaration

Kendal Shipley
Kendal Shipley
5,219 Points
Kendal Shipley
Kendal Shipley
5,219 Points

Gracias! Accidentally left it off when I coded along with instructor too.

randall Brewster
PLUS
randall Brewster
Courses Plus Student 282 Points
randall Brewster
randall Brewster
Courses Plus Student 282 Points

I coded mine in that way and it still will not let me pass it ask me to make sure I define the html tag.

Kendal Shipley
Kendal Shipley
5,219 Points
Kendal Shipley
Kendal Shipley
5,219 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> ...Include html piece to define the tag?