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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Build Structure

Posted by Ayesha Ghayas
Ayesha Ghayas
1,443 Points

My Workspace preview show "INDEX" why please please help

help please asap

6 Answers

Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes
7,958 Points
Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes
7,958 Points

"index" is a common name used for the main page of a website.

Ayesha Ghayas
Ayesha Ghayas
1,443 Points

My Preview starts like this

Index of /

../ Index.html 21-Dec-2014 15:45 627

I have to click on Index.html to preview my work

Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes
7,958 Points
Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes
7,958 Points

Have you tried closing that workspace and launching a new one?

Ayesha Ghayas
Ayesha Ghayas
1,443 Points

Yea Many Times, Please Help Me..

Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes
7,958 Points
Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes
7,958 Points

Could you post your code? Have you looked at the other forum questions about this lesson?

Ayesha Ghayas
Ayesha Ghayas
1,443 Points

code??

Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes
7,958 Points
Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes
7,958 Points

What is written in your index.html file in your workspace?

Ayesha Ghayas
Ayesha Ghayas
1,443 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Ayesha Ghayas | Designer</title> </head> <body> <header> <a href="index.html"> <h1>Ayesha Ghayas</h1> <h2>Designer</h2> </a> <nav> <ul> <li><a href="Index.html">Portfolio</a></li> <li><a href="About.html">About</a></li> <li><a href="Contact.html">Contact</a></li> </ul> </nav> </header> <section> <ul> <li> <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt=""> </li> </ul> </section> <footer> <p>© 2014 Ayesha Ghayas.</p> </footer> </body> </html>

Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes
7,958 Points
Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes
7,958 Points

I have tried your code in a workspace and it works.

I have seen someone with a similar problem here: https://teamtreehouse.com/forum/the-preview-window-is-giving-me-error-for-index-what-am-i-doing-wrong

and it says that Treehouse support resolved their issue.

Ayesha Ghayas
Ayesha Ghayas
1,443 Points

So I have to leave it up to them, Anyway thank you so so much :)

Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes
7,958 Points
Robert Hughes
Robert Hughes
7,958 Points

You're welcome! When things crash for me, I sign out, close my browser, and start again. Hope you find a solution :)