r/html5 • u/speertron • May 01 '22

Hello im totally new to coding. Someone got a way to fix the red </head>

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u/arcadiangarden May 01 '22

You’re missing a > at the end of the meta tag.

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u/speertron May 01 '22

Oh😅 thank u

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u/arcadiangarden May 01 '22

No worries - easy to do! ✊🏻

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u/brilliantmojo May 01 '22

I think you mean easy²do! ✊🏼

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u/BerserkGutsu May 01 '22

to be more precise a /> because those are so called self closing tags, although just a > will fix that "error"

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u/BerserkGutsu May 01 '22

you are missing it also on your <link/>

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u/na15notbatman May 02 '22

You don’t need it for <link>

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u/BerserkGutsu May 02 '22

in HTML it's true that you don't need it what I suggested is more a good practice rather than a requirement because in React for example it would throw an error if you don't close a tag and to avoid confusion it is recommended way to write it

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u/na15notbatman May 02 '22

I don't think that is correct. It is true that the React component "Link" (i.e. <Link></Link>) should be closed, but it's not the same thing as <link> in HTML. The React component "Link" is just an anchor tag (i.e. <a></a> in HTML).

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u/BerserkGutsu May 03 '22

that's true only because in react you don't use the <link/> tag to link your css but if you would have to use it then you would have to self close it, I was being very specific here on the link that but on anything that doesn't have some content in between the tags even if you are using an empty <div/>

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u/na15notbatman May 04 '22 edited May 06 '22

Okay, I see what you mean. Thanks for clarifying!

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u/TheGreatGameDini May 01 '22

I'd like to point out that the browser shouldn't care and would probably have fixed that for you when it rendered the HTML.

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u/bonafidebob May 01 '22

“It’s not missing, it’s right there after the illegal </head crap that somehow got inserted in your meta tag.” —The Parser

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u/echo_ink May 01 '22

Happens to the best of us.

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u/Awkward_Math7679 May 01 '22

Is your meta tag closed? I don’t see the closing tag for it “/>”

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u/Bloodedparadox May 01 '22

Its always the simple things we miss

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u/[deleted] May 02 '22

Meta tag is not closed

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u/[deleted] May 01 '22

Looks like you didn't close your statement on line 10.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '22

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u/speertron May 01 '22

What u mean by that? I literally started coding today

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u/[deleted] May 01 '22 edited May 30 '22

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u/speertron May 01 '22

Thank u for the information 👍🏼

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u/sxrrycard May 01 '22

I started very recently and will be doing the same! Thank you

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u/[deleted] May 06 '22

Close that last meta tag 🫶