HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages.
What is HTML?
- HTML stands for HyperText 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
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>Example Explained
- The
<!DOCTYPE html>the declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 document - The
<html>element is the root element of an HTML page - The
<head>the element contains meta-information about the HTML page - The
<title>the 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>the 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>the element defines a large heading - The
<p>the element defines a paragraph
What is an 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>
|
Start
tag |
Element
content |
End
tag |
|
<h1> |
My
First Heading |
</h1> |
|
<p> |
My first paragraph. |
</p> |
|
<br> |
none |
none |
Note: Some HTML elements have no content (like the <br> element). These elements are called empty elements. Empty elements do not have an end tag!
