Necessary Tags
- These tags are important for the performance of the browser.
- <HTML> </HTML>
- Tells the browser that this is an HTML document
- <HTML> is the very first tag of an HTML file
- </HTML> is the very last tag of an HTML file
- <HEAD> </HEAD>
- Designates the first part of an HTML file which does not appear as part of the
Web page when viewed through a browser
- The <HEAD> tag immediately follows the <HTML> tag
- The </HEAD> tag indicates the end of the first section of the HTML file
- <TITLE> </TITLE>
- Causes the browser to display the title at the top of the browser's window
- The tags are within the pair of <HEAD> tags
- For example: <HEAD> <TITLE> Title </TITLE> </HEAD>
- The title should be descriptive because it will be the name associated with bookmarks
- <BODY> </BODY>
- Designates the part of the HTML file that the browser will display as the Web page
- The <BODY> tag comes immediately after the </HEAD> tag
- The </BODY> tag comes immediately before the </HTML> tag at the end of the file
- An HTML template page containing the necessary HTML
tags.
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