Basic Page Structure
An HTML page is made up of different elements (similar to containers) that hold different types of information. Most HTML elements have an opening and a closing tag with content placed in the middle:
<opening tag> content
</closing tag>
Everything in an HTML page should be placed inside an element called html; this allows the browser to recognize the language:
<html> content </html>
Inside the HTML elements are always 2 major sections, the head and the body:
<html>
<head> content </head>
<body> content </body>
</html>
The head is the "brains" behind your page - this is information that the browser needs but does not display on the page itself. This information usually includes:
- a title element
- meta data
- a link to the stylesheet
<html>
<head> <title> Site or Page Title </title> </head>
<body>content</body>
</html>
The body contains the visible content on your page.