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Basic HTML
The basic structure of HTML always starts with a document type declaration: <!DOCTYPE html>
You will need to add the <html> tag after the document type and close it with a </html> tag. This will be your actual HTML document.
The first element you will insert in your HTML will be the <head> tag that will contain all metadata from the website such as its title, styles, links and other elements. This element needs to be closed with a </head> tag.
The visible part of your HTML lies within the <body> tag which will be inside the <html> tag, and will also need to be closed with a </body> tag.
Below you can see the structure of a basic HTML file:
Basic Page Structure:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<!-- other elements -->
</head>
<body>
<!-- other elements -->
</body>
</html>
Sample HTML Program
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>This is a Heading</h1>
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
HTML Headings
HTML headings are with the
to
tags.
Example:
<h1> Heading 1 </h1>
<h2> Heading 2 </h2>
<h3> Heading 3 </h3>
<h4> Heading 4 </h4>
<h5> Heading 5 </h5>
<h6> Heading 6 </h6>
Explanation
The <!DOCTYPE html> is to tell the browser you want the page to be rendered using HTML5.
The <head></head> is were you want to put things that help the browser and search engines such as <title></title> and <meta>.
The <body></body> is were the tags that will display on the page are such as <h1></h1> or <p></p>.