HTML Tags
v HTML tags are used to mark-up HTML elements
v HTML tags are surrounded by the two characters < and >
v The surrounding characters are called angle brackets
v The text between the start and end tags is the element content
v HTML tags are not case sensitive, <html> means the same as <HTML>
These are Four standard Tags in HTML
<html>
<head>
<title>page title goes here<title>
</head>
<body>
.
.
.
</body>
</html>
Example Explained
vThe first tag in the HTML document is <html>.
vThis tag tells your browser that, this is the start of an HTML document.
vThe last tag in your document is </html>.
vThis tag tells your browser that, this is the end of the HTML document.
vThe text between the <head> tag and the </head> tag is header information. Header information is not displayed in the browser window.
vThe text between the <title> tags is the title of your document. The title is displayed in your browser's caption.
vThe text between the <body> tags is the text that will be displayed in your
browser.
Let’s start to make first website
Okay, please create a folder on your desktop with the name, mywebsite
<html>
<head>
<title>page title goes here<title>
</head>
<body>
this is my first page
</body>
</html>
v Open your notepad and type this.
v Save this file as .html
v Give your file name index.html
Headings
Headings are defined with the <h1> to <h6> tags.
<h1> is the largest heading. <h6> is the smallest heading.
<h1>this is heading type 1</h1>
<h2>this is heading type 2</h2>
<h3>this is heading type 3</h3>
<h4>this is heading type 4</h4>
<h5>this is heading type 5</h5>
<h6>this is heading type 6</h6>
HTML automatically adds an extra blank line before and after a heading.
