HTML basics Flashcards
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.
<!Document html>
The <!DOCTYPE html> declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 document
<html>
</html>
The <html> element is the root element of an HTML page
<title>
</title>
The <title> element specifies a title for the HTML page (which is shown in the browser's title bar or in the page's tab)</title>
<head>
</head>
The <head> element contains meta information about the HTML page
<body>
</body>
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.
<h1>
</h1>
The <h1> element defines a large heading
<p>
</p>
The <p> element defines a paragraph
History
1989 Tim Berners-Lee invented www
1991 Tim Berners-Lee invented HTML
To save
.htm
Headings Level
till h6
<a></a>
HTML links are defined with the <a> tag
eg: <a>This is a link</a></a>
<img></img>
HTML images are defined with the <img></img> tag.
The source file (src), alternative text (alt), width, and height are provided as attributes
