BASICS OF HTML

HTML is also known as Hyper Text Markup Language. It is a standard markup language for creating web pages. It describes structure of web pages. It consists of series of elements. It tells the browser how to display the content.

Example of Simple HTML document :

    < !DOCTYPE html >
    html >
    < head >
      < title >Page Title < /title >
    < /head >
    < body >
      < h1 >My First Heading.< /h1 >
      < p >My first paragraph. < /p >
    < /body >
    < /html >

Explanation of Example :

  • The< !DOCTYPE html > declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 document.It must be specified in 1st line of web document.
  • The< html > element is the root element of an HTML page. This is the beginning of an HTML document.
  • The< head > element contains metadata(information about the document) about the HTML page.
  • The< title > element specifies a title for the HTML page (which is shown in the browser's title bar or in the page's tab). It must be placed inside the head tag.
  • The< body > element defines the document's body, and is a container for all the visible contents, such as headings, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks, tables, lists, etc. This tag contains main content of the HTML document.
  • The < h1 > element defines a large heading.
  • The < p > element defines a paragraph.




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