HTML Setup
<!DOCTYPE html> | Declare page as HTML5 |
<HTML> | Begin HTML Page |
<HEAD> | Begin Header section |
<LINK rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="my.css"> | Include an external cascade style sheet (CSS) |
<TITLE>page name</TITLE> | Page name displayed on the browser's tab |
<STYLE> body { Background-color: lightsteelblue; } </STYLE> |
Define a cascade style sheet (CSS) |
<SCRIPT src=myFirst.js></SCRIPT> | Include external JavaScript |
<SCRIPT> function myClick() { alert('Hello world'); } </SCRIPT> |
Include JavaScript |
</HEAD> | Terminate the Header Section |
<BODY> | Begin the Web Page |
--- TODO-- add your HTML here ---- | Web page content |
</BODY> | Terminate the Document |
</HTML> | Terminate the Page |
This is the basic HTML page setup. At a minimum, none of this is required (i.e. an empty file will display a blank page)
The <HEAD> </HEAD> section contains HTML supporting tags (not shown on the screen)
The <BODY> </BODY> section contains your HTML text and images (what's on the screen)
Tags <tagName> generally define a start and end to a section. The <BR> and <LINK> tags do not have a closing tag.