HTML Essentials >> Basics
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Tags
Basically, a computer sees an "A" as simply an "A" - whether it is bold, italic, big or small.
To tell the browser that an "A" should be bold we need to put a markup in front of the A.
Such a markup is called a Tag.
All HTML tags are enclosed in < and >.
Example: a piece of text as it appears on the screen.
This is an example of bold text.
HTML: The HTML for the above example:
This is an example of <b>bold</b> text.
As you can see, the start tag <b> indicates that whatever follows should be written in bold. The corresponding end tag </b> indicates that the browser should stop writing text in bold.
Page Structure
All normal webpages consist of a head and a body.
The head is used for text and tags that do not show directly on the page.
The body is used for text and tags that are shown directly on the page.
Finally, all webpages have an tag at the beginning and the end, telling the browser where the document starts and where it stops.
The most basic code - the code you will use for any page you make, is shown below:
<html>
<head>
<!-- This section is for the title and technical info of the page. -->
</head>
<body>
<!-- This section is for all that you want to show on the page. -->
</body>
</html>
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