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HTML Introduction to HTML and CSS (2016) Adding a New Web Page Set up an HTML Document

I followed the tutorial exactly and my "Resume" website isn't showing up when I type in /resume.html it says error 404

I can't figure out why my resume doesn't show up in the tutorial when I hit preview on the workspace and then type /resume.html

Rick Gleitz
Rick Gleitz
47,840 Points

Hi, You'd need to post your code to get it debugged properly. The only thing I can think of in the meanwhile is that maybe you capitalized the actual file resume.html, or that it's maybe in a subfolder under index.html.

If it's not either one of those, post your code and I'll be happy to look at it.

Lukas Stewart
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Lukas Stewart
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 3,769 Points

Rick Gleitz, I had the same problem and you are correct, I had the file name capitalised. Thanks for the fix. Could you also explain why that doesnt work? I thought if the address bar in a browser isn't cap sensitive, this wouldn't be a problem.

I'm having the same problem. I typed it exactly as the teacher, no caps. I command saved it, and in css command refreshed, and still there is an error.

I was also experiencing the same issue. I was able to fix it by placing the resume.html file outside of the images folder.

Jonathan Lemus
Jonathan Lemus
1,069 Points

You probably solved this already, but I was having the same issue! I was going crazy trying to find a solution and none worked. I found out why it wasn't showing up, reason being was because I did NOT save it. Make sure to save it.

5 Answers

Rick Gleitz
Rick Gleitz
47,840 Points

For what it's worth as to why it doesn't work, a capital character in a string (which is what the route to the file is) is a different ascii value than a lowercase character, and so they don't match as a string value.

Rick Gleitz
Rick Gleitz
47,840 Points

Hi, Lukas,

I think that only applies to the actual website address, anything after a / is case sensitive (just try it and see). It definitely needs to be right in the HTML. Hope this helps!

Have you guys resolved this issue, I have been facing the same issue??

Yes, check when you created the original resume file if it is capitalized. I just realized it was capitalized.

Rick Gleitz
Rick Gleitz
47,840 Points

Hi ُُEhsan, Could you post your code so I can see it? Check to make sure that they match each other EXACTLY.

Hi Rick, Thank you for your reply. It resolved now, simply I didn't press (save all ) before preview.

Rick Gleitz
Rick Gleitz
47,840 Points

Good on you for figuring it out. That's a common problem, too.