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What is HTML?
HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) is the language used to write Web pages which consist of codes (tags) embedded in the text of a document.
What are Tags?
Tags are codes in an HTML document which the browser reads and then interprets for subsequent display to a reader. Tags are not visible when an HTML document is viewed in a browser, but their effects are. Tags begin with the opening symbol ""; and usually come in pairs, one that begins an action and one that ends it.
Explanation of Document Structure
Each HTML document has a minimum number of tags. Here is the very least HTML code that can be called a "page":
This is my page Title!
This is my message to the world!
NOTE: HTML is not case sensitive. is equivalent to or .
|... | |Encloses the entire HTML document.These tags let the browser know to start reading and |
| | |displaying the information presented within. |
|... | |The element contains all information about the document in general. It contains HTML |
| | |elements that describe the document's usage and relationship with other documents. |
|... | |The is contained in the of the document. It is displayed at the top of the |
| | |browser window and on the bookmark list, so it is important to choose something descriptive,|
| | |unique, and relatively short. |
|... | |The element contains all the information which is part of the document. |
Changing the color and font of body:
This page has a white background.
This page has a pink background and blue foreground (text)
Character Formatting:
The Bold element specifies that the enclosed...