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HTML HTML Basics Structuring Your Content Grouping Content Challenge

Nicolas Fu
Nicolas Fu
3,048 Points
Posted by Nicolas Fu
Nicolas Fu
3,048 Points

anyone knows what is self-contained tag?

Please help

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">
    <title>My Blog</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <h1>My Web Design &amp; Development Blog!</h1> 
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="#">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Articles</a></li>
          <li><a href="#">Recent Work</a></li>            
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>

    <h2>The Main Articles</h2>   

    <div>
      <h3>My Favorite HTML Courses</h3> 
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    <h3>10 Handy CSS Features</h3> 
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    <h3>Follow Me on Social Media:</h3>
    <ul>
      <li><a href="#">Twitter</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">Facebook</a></li>
      <li><a href="#">LinkedIn</a></li>     
    </ul>
    </div>
    <footer>
      <p>&copy; 2017 My Blog</p>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
Morten Larsen
Morten Larsen
12,275 Points
Morten Larsen
Morten Larsen
12,275 Points

Try using the article tag.

The <article> tag specifies independent, self-contained con

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

A "self-contained tag" is one that has no content and no separate starting and ending tags. Examples would include <img> and <input>.

But that's not what the challenge is asking for. The instructions ask for "an element that describes self-contained pieces of content". This would be an "article" element, which is a normal tag with start and end.

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

A self-contained or self-closing tag (I've also seen them referred to as void) is a tag that doesn't have a closing tag.

In your example the <link> is the only self-contained tag that I see. 

<link href="styles.css" rel="stylesheet">

<!-- a couple of other common ones -->
<input>
<br>
<img>