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HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages.
What is HTML
- HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language
- HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages
- HTML describes the structure of a Web page
- HTML consists of a series of elements
- HTML elements tell the browser how to display the content
- HTML elements label pieces of content such as "this is a heading", "this is a paragraph", "this is a link", etc.
A 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>
Its look like
My First Heading
My first paragraph.
Explanation
- For Html language we can use notepad, html editor or web templates directly.
- The <!DOCTYPE html> declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 document.
- All the other tags are inclosed in between html start tag and end tag <html> all other tags </html>
- The <html> element is the root element of an HTML page.
- The <head> element contains meta information 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).
- 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.
- The <h1> element defines a large headingThe <p> element defines a paragraph.
What is HTML Element
An HTML element is defined by a start tag, some content, and an end tag:
<tagname> Content goes here... </tagname>
The HTML element is everything from the start tag to the end tag:
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
Explanation
- The <h1> is start tag of heading 1 (1 represents size) which alwas ends on heading end tag </h1>
- The <p>is start tag of paragraph which alwas ends on paragraph end tag </p>
Note: There are some content elements missing (the <br> element).
Dead elements are dead elements. Empty elements are two notes in and tag!
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