HTML Introduction

What is HTML ?

  • HTML Stands for Hyper Text Markup Language.
  • 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 are represented by Tags.
  • HTML tags label pieces of content such as " Heading ", "Paragraph"," Table " and so on. 
  • Browsers don't Display the HTML Tags, But use them to Render of the content of the Page.

HTML Documents

All HTML documents must start with a document type declaration < !DOCTYPE  html >.

The HTML document itself begins with < html > and ends with < / html >.

The visible part of the HTML document is between < body > and < / body >.

HTML Headings

HTML headings are defined with the < h1 > to < h6 > tags.

< h1 > defines the most important heading. < h6 > defines the least important heading.

 

Example

< h1 > This is heading 1 < / h1 >
< h2 >  This is heading 2 < / h2 >
< h3 >  This is heading 3 < / h3 >
< h4 >  This is heading 4 < / h4 >
< h5 >  This is heading 5 < / h5 >
< h6 >  This is heading 6 < / h6 >
< h1 >  My First Heading < / h1 >

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< h1 >  My First Heading < / h1 >

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< h1 >  My First Heading < / h1 >

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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 > declaration defines this documnet to be HTML 5.
  • The < html > element is the root element of an HTML Page.
  • The < head > element contains meta information about the document.
  • The < title > element specifies a title for the document.
  • The < body > element contains the visible page content.
  • The < h1 > element defines a large heading.
  • The < p > element defines a paragraph.
 
HTML Tags 
 
HTML Tags are element names surrounded by angle brackets.
 
  • HTML Tags normally come in Pairs like  < p > and < / p >.
  • The first tag in a pair is the start tag, the second tag is the end tag.
  • The end tag is written like the start tag, but with a forward slash inserted before the tag name.

Tip:  The start tag is also called the opening tag, and the end tag the closing tag.