HTML Introduction

November 10, 2020

HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages.

What is HTML?

• HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language

• HTML is the standard markup language for creating Web pages

• HTML describes the structure of a Web page

• HTML consists of a series of elements

• HTML elements tell the browser how to display the content

• HTML elements label pieces of content such as "this is a heading", "this is a paragraph", "this is a link", etc. Example Page Title

My First Heading

My first paragraph.

Example Explained • The declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 document • The element is the root element of an HTML page • The element contains meta information about the HTML page element specifies a title for the HTML page (which is shown in the browser's title bar or in the page's tab) • The <body> element defines the document's body, and is a container for all the visible contents, such as headings, paragraphs, images, hyperlinks, tables, lists, etc. • The <h1> element defines a large heading • The <p> element defines a paragraph