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Cant seem to figure out why it wont connect the href to the corresponding section

<!-- file: index.html -->
<!DOCTYPEhtml>
<html>
  <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="./styles.css">
    <style>
    @media screen and (max-width: 350px) {
            body {
        font-size: 16px;
      }
    }
    </style>
  <main id="main-doc">
    <body>
    <section class="main-section" id="Brody">
      <header>
        Brody
      </header>
      <p>Youngest Child</p>
      <p>Capricorn</p>
      <p>Boy</p>
      <li>Born Janruary 12th 2023</li>
      <li>Born in Greenville Ohio</li>
    </section>
    <section class="main-section" id="Cooper">
      <header>
        Cooper
      </header>
      <p>Middle Child</p>
      <p>Leo</p>
      <p>Boy</p>
      <li>Born July 25th 2020</li>
      <li>Born in Greenville Ohio</li>
    </section>
    <section class="main-section" id="Miya">
      <header>
        Miya
      </header>
      <p>Oldest Child</p>
      <p>Gimini</p>
      <p>Girl</p>
      <li>Born June 1st 2018</li>
      <li>Born in Dayton Ohio</li>
    </section>
    <section class="main-section" id="Katlyn">
      <header>
        Katlyn
      </header>
      <p>Mother</p>
      <p>Pisces</p>
      <code>Born March 17th 1998, </code>
      <code>Mother: Kimberly Garrett, </code>
      <code>Father: John Garrett </code> 
    </section>
    <section class="main-section" id="Colton">
      <header>
        Colton
      </header>
      <p>Father</p>
      <p>Gemini</p>
      <code>Born June 6th 1996, </code>
      <code>Mother: Krista Adams, </code>
      <code>Father: Mike Fuller</code>
    </section>
    </body>
    <nav id="navbar">
      <header>Names of Family</header>
    <nav-link>
      <a class="nav-link" href="Colton">Colton</a>
    </nav-link>
    <nav-link>
      <a class="nav-link" href="Brody">Brody</a>
    </nav-link>
    <nav-link>
      <a class="nav-link" href="Cooper">Cooper</a>
    </nav-link>
    <nav-link>
      <a class="nav-link" href="Miya">Miya</a>
    </nav-link>
    <nav-link>
      <a class="nav-link" href="Katlyn">Katlyn</a>
    </nav-link>
    </nav>
  </main>
</html>

/* file: styles.css */
body{
  margin:0;
  padding:0;
  box-sizing:border-box;
  display:flex;
  color: #4d4e53;
  font-family: 'Open Sans', Arial, sans-serif;
  flex-direction:row-reverse;
}
nav{
  min-width:303.52px;
  display:flex; flex-direction:column;
  width:20%;
  text-align: left;
  
  
}
nav header{
  padding-top:1.5rem;
  padding-bottom:1rem;
  border-right:2px solid grey;
}

header{
  font-size:1.8rem;
  color:black;
}
 .nav-link{
   text-align:left;
   padding:0.7rem 0.7rem 0.7rem 1.5rem;
  text-decoration:none;
  color: #4d4e53;
  border-bottom:2px solid grey;
  border-right:2px solid grey;
}
nav > a:first-child{
  border-top:2px solid pink;
}
main{
  width:80%;
  margin:1.5rem 1rem 2rem 1.5rem;
  padding-bottom:2rem;

}
p{
 padding-left:1.5rem;
}
code
{ display:block;
 background-color: #f7f7f7;
  padding:1.2rem 1rem 1.2rem ;
  font-family: monospace;
  margin-left:2rem;
}

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You appear to have created this post without editing the template. Please edit your post to Tell us what’s happening in your own words.
Learning to describe problems is hard, but it is an important part of learning how to code.
Also, the more you say, the more we can help!

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As long as you want it to go to the section with the id Colton you need to prefix it with the # symbol, just like how you select element with its id using CSS.

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