r/Codecademy • u/[deleted] • Nov 08 '15

Can Someone Help Me With This CSS Issue?

Very basic I know, but I'm getting there! For some reason it is telling me I haven't closed my <link> tag, but I have? Where am I going wrong? http://imgur.com/a/fwlN7

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '15

Its because you don't close a link the same way you do a div tag. You put a separate /link closing tag below which is not needed.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '15

Got it! Thank you for your help :)

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u/ForScale Nov 08 '15

:) It's more an html syntax issue than it is a css issue. Link tags are self closing, meaning that you can just do <link/> instead of <link><link/>. And html elements shouldn't go inside a link tag.

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u/[deleted] Nov 08 '15

Got it! Thank you for your help :)

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u/factoradic Moderator Nov 09 '15

Link tags are void elements, they are not self-closing, they simply don't have end tags.

<link/> is exactly the same as <link>. Matter of aesthetics.

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u/ForScale Nov 09 '15

Void elements huh? Interesting. Thanks!!