Posted on by Eli Z

About HTML

HTML = Hyper Text Markup Language

Starts with: !DOCTYPE html, html, head, title, Page Title /title, /head, body

Ends with: /body , /html

The !DOCTYPE html declaration defines that this document is an HTML5 document

The html element is the root element of an HTML page

The head element contains meta information about the HTML page

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)

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 

HTML element example: This text is bold 

  1. Step 1: Open TextEdit
  2. Step 2: Write some HTML
  3. Step 3: Use the keyboard shortcut ⌘S and put in whatever name you wish but put “.html” at the end.
  4. Step 4: Click and drag your page into your web browser