March 23, 2023, 3:18 pm
Basic Construction of an HTML Page
These tags should be placed underneath each other at the top of every HTML page that you create.
<!DOCTYPE html> — This tag specifies the language you will write on the page. In this case, the language is HTML 5.
<html> — This tag signals that from here on we are going to write in HTML code.
<head> — This is where all the metadata for the page goes — stuff mostly meant for search engines and other computer programs.
<body> — This is where the content of the page goes.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=”en”>
<head>
<meta charset=”UTF-8″>
<title>Document</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
They are as follows:
Element | Meaning | Purpose |
<h1> | Headline | Highlight text headline (h1 to h6) |
<del> | Delete | Highlight Delete mark |
<b> | Bold | Highlight important information |
<strong> | Strong | Similarly to bold, to highlight key text |
<i> | Italic | To denote text |
<em> | Emphasised Text | Usually used as image captions |
<mark> | Marked Text | Highlight the background of the text |
<small> | Small Text | To shrink the text |
<strike> | Striked Out Text | To place a horizontal line across the text |
<u> | Underlined Text | Used for links or text highlights |
<ins> | Inserted Text | Displayed with an underline to show an inserted text |
<sub> | Subscript Text | Typographical stylistic choice |
<sup> | Superscript Text | Another typographical presentation style |
These tags must be opened and closed around the text in question.