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Basic Structure of An HTML Document

The document discusses the basic structure of an HTML document which includes the <html>, <head>, and <body> tags. The <head> tag contains metadata and the <body> tag contains the visible page content.

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HTML basics
An HTML document has two* main parts:
What is HTML?
1. head. The head element contains title and meta data of a web document.
HTML editors
2. body. The body element contains the information that you want to display on a web page.
Creating an HTML document
* To make your web pages compatible with HTML 4, you need to add a document type declaration
Basic structure of an
HTML document (DTD) before the HTML element. Many web authoring software add DTD and basic tags
automatically when you create a new web page.
Understanding elements
In a web page, the first tag (specifically, <html>) indicates the markup language that is being used for
Understanding attributes
the document. The <head> tag contains information about the web page. Lastly, the content appears
Displaying an HTML in the <body> tag. The following illustration provides a summary.
document

Adding comments in HTML


Making your HTML code
readable

Working with text

Specifying metadata

Adding hyperlinks

Inserting graphics

Creating image maps

Adding tables

Creating forms Summary of Basic HTML Tags

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