- A tag is coded HTML command that indicates how a part of a web page should be displayed.
- Each document consists of head and body tags.
- The head tag contains the title and the body contains the actual text that is made up of paragraphs, lists and other elements.
Note: Each document consists of head and body tags.
The required elements are ;
i) <html>.....</html>
ii) <head>....</head>
iii) <title>.....</title>
iv) <body>.....</body>
HTML Page Structure
<HTML>: This tag specifices the document as an HTML document.
<HEAD>: This tag contains information about the document, including its title, script used, style definitions and document description.
<TITLE>: This tag contains the document title. The title specified inside <title> tag appears on the browser's title.
<BODY>: This forms the largest part of the HTML document. The <BODY> tags enclosed all the tags. The information written within the body tag is displayed in the browser window.
An HTML document is simply a text file that contains the information you want to publish.
It also contains the embedded instructions, called elements, that indicate how a web browser should present the document.
What is Elements?
Elements are fundament components of the structure of an HTML text document.
Some examples of elements are heads, tables, paragraphs and lists.
Types of HTML Elements
i) Container Elements
ii) Empty Elements
Container Elements
This type of HTML elements required pair tags.
i.e a starting as well as closing tag.
e.g. <title>....</title>, <B>....</B> , etc
The end tag or off tag is just like the start tag or ON tag, except that it has a slash (/) in it.
Empty Elements
This type of HTML elements require just a starting tag and not an ending tag,
for example; <BR>, <HR>
Some elements have only on ON tag, but they do not have a corresponding end or OFF tag.
Empty tags are just carried out their specific job and do not act on blocks of text.
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