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Outline of a Basic HTML Page

In HTML, words or letters enclosed in brackets, < > are called HTML tags.

HTML is not case sensitive.
<html> is the same as <HTML>

Notice, that most HTML tags come in pairs, open and close.

Closing tags always include a forward slash.
Examples:
<HTML> </HTML>
<h1> </h1>
<strong> </strong>

The main sections of a basic HTML page are HEAD and BODY and are set off by sets of tags.

The head and body sections are located within the opening and closing HTML tags.


Basic HTML code for a web page:
<HTML>
<HEAD> </HEAD>
<BODY> </BODY>
</HTML>

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Head Section

The Head section of an HTML page is located right after the Opening <HTML> tag. It contains your title tag, meta tags and style sheet information. The head section is used to communicate information to browsers and search engine bots.
<HEAD>
<TITLE></TITLE>
<META>
<STYLE></STYLE>
</HEAD>

Head Section Contains:

Do not confuse the <Title> in the <head> section, with the main heading on your page. The Title in the <head> section is what appears on the bar at the top of your browser window. It is also used by search engines to index your page and should include strategic keywords.



<Meta> tags are also used by some search engines to index your HTML page. The basic format of a meta tag is:
<META NAME="" CONTENT="">


See Meta Tags

Body Section


The<Body> section contains all of the code for the page that will display in the browser window.
<body>Code for page goes here.</body>

This is the same as:

<body>
Code for page goes here.
</body>

Advanced Users Note: The w3c discourages the use of most inline coding. Most inline coding has been deprecated in the latest releases of HTML. Learn to use Style Sheets. See also: Working With Fonts.

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