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HTML: HyperText Markup Language

HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the most basic building block of the Web. It defines the meaning and structure of
web content. Other technologies besides HTML are generally used to describe a web page's appearance/presentation
(CSS) or functionality/behavior (JavaScript).

"Hypertext" refers to links that connect web pages to one another, either within a single website or between websites.
Links are a fundamental aspect of the Web. By uploading content to the Internet and linking it to pages created by other
people, you become an active participant in the World Wide Web.

HTML uses "markup" to annotate text, images, and other content for display in a Web browser. HTML markup includes
special "elements" such as <head>, <title>, <body>, <header>, <footer>, <article>, <section>, <p>, <div>, <span>, <img>,
<aside>, <audio>, <canvas>, <datalist>, <details>, <embed>, <nav>, <output>, <progress>, <video>, <ul>, <ol>, <li> and
many others.

An HTML element is set off from other text in a document by "tags", which consist of the element name surrounded by
" < " and " > ". The name of an element inside a tag is case insensitive. That is, it can be written in uppercase, lowercase,
or a mixture. For example, the <title> tag can be written as <Title> , <TITLE> , or in any other way. However, the
convention and recommended practice is to write tags in lowercase.

The articles below can help you learn more about HTML.

Key resources

HTML Introduction

If you're new to web development, be sure to read our HTML Basics article to learn what HTML is and how to use it.

HTML Tutorials

For articles about how to use HTML, as well as tutorials and complete examples, check out our HTML Learning Area.

HTML Reference

In our extensive HTML reference section, you'll find the details about every element and attribute in HTML.

Looking to become a front-end web developer?

We have put together a course that includes all the essential information you need to work towards your goal.

Get started

Beginner's tutorials

Our HTML Learning Area features multiple modules that teach HTML from the ground up — no previous knowledge
required.

Introduction to HTML

This module sets the stage, getting you used to important concepts and syntax such as looking at applying HTML to
text, how to create hyperlinks, and how to use HTML to structure a web page.

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Multimedia and embedding

This module explores how to use HTML to include multimedia in your web pages, including the different ways that
images can be included, and how to embed video, audio, and even entire other webpages.

HTML tables

Representing tabular data on a webpage in an understandable, accessible way can be a challenge. This module
covers basic table markup, along with more complex features such as implementing captions and summaries.

HTML forms

Forms are a very important part of the Web — these provide much of the functionality you need for interacting with
websites, e.g. registering and logging in, sending feedback, buying products, and more. This module gets you
started with creating the client-side/front-end parts of forms.

Use HTML to solve common problems

Provides links to sections of content explaining how to use HTML to solve very common problems when creating a
web page: dealing with titles, adding images or videos, emphasizing content, creating a basic form, etc.

Advanced topics

CORS enabled image

The crossorigin attribute, in combination with an appropriate CORS header, allows images defined by the <img>
element to be loaded from foreign origins and used in a <canvas> element as if they were being loaded from the
current origin.

CORS settings attributes

Some HTML elements that provide support for CORS, such as <img> or <video>, have a crossorigin attribute
( crossOrigin property), which lets you configure the CORS requests for the element's fetched data.

Preloading content with rel="preload"

The preload value of the <link> element's rel attribute allows you to write declarative fetch requests in your
HTML <head>, specifying resources that your pages will need very soon after loading, which you therefore want to
start preloading early in the lifecycle of a page load, before the browser's main rendering machinery kicks in. This
ensures that they are made available earlier and are less likely to block the page's first render, leading to
performance improvements. This article provides a basic guide to how preload works.

Reference

HTML reference

HTML consists of elements, each of which may be modified by some number of attributes. HTML documents are
connected to each other with links.

HTML element reference

Browse a list of all HTML elements.

HTML attribute reference

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Elements in HTML have attributes. These are additional values that configure the elements or adjust their behavior in
various ways.

Global attributes

Global attributes may be specified on all HTML elements, even those not specified in the standard. This means that
any non-standard elements must still permit these attributes, even though those elements make the document
HTML5-noncompliant.

Inline elements and block-level elements

HTML elements are usually "inline" or "block-level" elements. An inline element occupies only the space bounded by
the tags that define it. A block-level element occupies the entire space of its parent element (container), thereby
creating a "block".

Link types

In HTML, various link types can be used to establish and define the relationship between two documents. Link
elements that types can be set on include <a>, <area> and <link>.

Guide to media types and formats on the web

The <audio> and <video> elements allow you to play audio and video media natively within your content without the
need for external software support.

HTML content categories

HTML is comprised of several kinds of content, each of which is allowed to be used in certain contexts and is
disallowed in others. Similarly, each has a set of other content categories they can contain and elements that can or
can't be used in them. This is a guide to these categories.

Quirks mode and standards mode

Historical information on quirks mode and standards mode.

Related topics

Applying color to HTML elements using CSS

This article covers most of the ways you use CSS to add color to HTML content, listing what parts of HTML
documents can be colored and what CSS properties to use when doing so. Includes examples, links to palette-
building tools, and more.

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