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Bare-Bones Basics of HTML
HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard language for creating web pages. It uses tags to structure content. Key points:
- Document structure
- <!DOCTYPE html> — declares HTML5.
- <html> — root element.
- <head> — metadata: <title>, <meta>, <link>, <style>, <script> (usually not visible).
- <body> — visible content: text, images, links, lists, etc.
- Basic tags
- <title>Your page title</title> — shown in browser tab (inside head).
- Headings: <h1>…</h1> to <h6>…</h6>.
- Paragraph: <p>Paragraph text</p>.
- Links: <a href="https://example.com">link text</a>.
- Images: <img src="image.jpg" alt="description"> (self-closing; include alt).
- Lists:
- Unordered: <ul><li>Item</li></ul>
- Ordered: <ol><li>Item</li></ol>
- Line break: <br>
- Horizontal rule: <hr>
- Attributes
- Provide extra info inside opening tag: <tag attribute="value">.
- Common attributes: id, class, href, src, alt, title, style.
- Nesting and well-formedness
- Tags should be properly opened and closed and nested (e.g., <p><strong>text</strong></p>).
- Example minimal page
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>My Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello</h1>
<p>This is a minimal HTML page.</p>
<a href="https://example.com">Visit example</a>
</body>
</html>
- Where to learn next
- Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) HTML guide: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML
- W3C HTML specification and tutorials: https://www.w3.org/ and https://www.w3schools.com/html/
Tips: start by editing the example file, open it in a browser, and change tags/attributes to see effects.
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