Basic HTML tags
The HTML language is made up of what is called tags. There is usually an opening tag and a closing tag. Tags start with a < and end with a > tag. In addition, tags usually have a start and end tag.
These tags will NOT be see by viewers of the web page.
Start tag <tag name>
End tag </tag name>
Notice the end tag is the same as the start tag except for one thing. The end tag has a / in front of the tag name.
Basic HTML page tags
<html> <html> - root tag
<head> <head> - describes document
<title> <title> - web page title
<body> <body> - wraps all content on a web page
Media HTML tags
<img src="imagename">
Hypertext Link
<a href="filename">link description</a>
Example of a basic web page
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When creating a basic HTML web page tags have to be put in a certain order.
<html> FIRST TAG. This page contains the entire code for the web page.
<head> SECOND TAG. This tag has the TITLE tag inside
<title> THIRD TAG. This tag is placed inside HEAD tag
<body> FOURTH TAG. This tag wraps around all other text and tags in a basic HTML web page. Below is a basic Hello web page along with green text highlighting the order of the tag in the HTML web page.