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

Posted by Jasmine De La Cruz
Jasmine De La Cruz
Courses Plus Student 152 Points

creating navigation with lists. getting error: "Bummer!"

What am I doing wrong?! I have tried over and over. I've tried <li>, <ul>, <ol>, and all in different orders. I'm lost.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <a href="index.html">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul> Portfolio</ul>
        <ul> About </ul>
        <ul> Contact </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <section></section>
    <footer>
      <p>&copy; 2013 Nick Pettit.</p>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
Anthony Domina
Anthony Domina
Courses Plus Student 19,571 Points

use ul or ol only once. li is a list item and these are what need to go in between your ul or ol:

<ul>
  <li></li>
  <li></li>
  <li></li>
</ul>

4 Answers

nfs
nfs
35,526 Points
nfs
nfs
35,526 Points

<nav> <ul> Portfolio</ul> <ul> About </ul> <ul> Contact </ul> </nav>

here is the mistake you made.

Peter Lee
Peter Lee
11,589 Points
Peter Lee
Peter Lee
11,589 Points

you shouldnt put h1/h2 tag inside a an href. you should have the href inside the h1 tag.

you can try something like this

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
      <h1>
        <a href="index.html">
          Nick Pettit <small>Designer</small>
        </a>
      </h1>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li>Portfolio</li>
          <li>About</li>
          <li>Contact</li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
    <section></section>
    <footer>
      <p>&copy; 2013 Nick Pettit.</p>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
Michael Lambert
Michael Lambert
6,286 Points

Peter Lee There is nothing wrong with putting h1, h2 elements inside an anchor element and seeing the 'a' element to display: block

Natalya Nikolaeva
Natalya Nikolaeva
2,026 Points
Natalya Nikolaeva
Natalya Nikolaeva
2,026 Points 
<header>
      <a href="index.html" id="logo">
        <h1>Nick Pettit</h1>
        <h2>Designer</h2>
      </a>
      <nav>
        <ul>
          <li><a href="index.html" class="selected">Portfolio</a></li>
          <li><a href="about.html">About</a></li>
          <li><a href="contact.html">Contact</a></li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
    </header>
mahmoud gamie
mahmoud gamie
8,054 Points
mahmoud gamie
mahmoud gamie
8,054 Points

Hello, inside your <nav> you should first open a <ul>, then put the <li> items inside your <ul> like this :

<nav>
    <ul>
          <li>Portfolio</li>
          <li>About</li>
          <li>Contact</li>
    </ul>
</nav>