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HTML HTML Basics Getting Started with HTML Lists and Links Challenge

Posted by Christina Dixon
Christina Dixon
4,232 Points

I am pretty sure I have completed this correctly? But it won't let me move forward.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Lists and Links</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <ul>
      <li> <a href="/cakes.html">Cakes</a> </li>
      <li> <a href="/pies.html">Pies</a> </li>
      <li> <a href="/candy.html">Candy</a> </li>
    </ul>

  </body>
</html>
Christina Dixon
Christina Dixon
4,232 Points

Ok so apparently the challenge prefers that I do not use the forward slash and use only single quote ' not double quote "

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,198 Points

Either type of quote is acceptable, but the challenge specifically asked for the links to be established as normal references. Since you don't know how the site is organized, root-relative links might not even function.