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JavaScript JavaScript and the DOM (Retiring) Getting a Handle on the DOM Practice Selecting Elements

Posted by Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor
4,309 Points

"Was expecting 2 links not 3." What am I doing wrong?

Every time I check work it gives me the error messsage: "Was expecting 2 links not 3." I have tried several different combinations of the inputs in the parentheses, and they all get this error. Please help. The frustration is too real, because I know it has to be something simple.

js/app.js 
let navigationLinks = document.querySelectorAll('nav li a');
let galleryLinks = document.querySelectorAll('gallery a');
let footerImages;
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Nick Pettit | Designer</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/normalize.css">
    <link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Changa+One|Open+Sans:400italic,700italic,400,700,800' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="css/responsive.css">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  </head>
  <body>
    <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>
    <div id="wrapper">
      <section>
        <ul id="gallery">
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-01.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-01.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Experimentation with color and texture.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a href="img/numbers-02.jpg">
              <img src="img/numbers-02.jpg" alt="">
              <p>Playing with blending modes in Photoshop.</p>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </section>
      <footer>
        <a href="http://twitter.com/nickrp"><img src="img/twitter-wrap.png" alt="Twitter Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <a href="http://facebook.com/nickpettit"><img src="img/facebook-wrap.png" alt="Facebook Logo" class="social-icon"></a>
        <p>&copy; 2016 Nick Pettit.</p>
      </footer>
    </div>
  <script src="js/app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

2 Answers

Adomas Domeika
Adomas Domeika
6,151 Points

You are selecting gallery as it was a tag, to select the ID of the gallery, you have to include hash - # before the word gallery.

Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor
4,309 Points

Right! I feel really dumb now, but the irony of it is that I'm actually smarter than I was before. And that is thanks to your help, so thank you!

Antti Lylander
Antti Lylander
9,686 Points
Antti Lylander
Antti Lylander
9,686 Points

Don't forget 'gallery' is an id. How do you select an id?

Dave Taylor
Dave Taylor
4,309 Points

Right! Forgot to put that # before the id. Thank you for helping me and for doing so in a way that challenged me to think about it.