how
to learn the basic HTML - Part
1
<HTML>
.... </HTML>
The html
elememt is the container of the entire document content, incuding
the HEAD element.
both the start and end tags are optional. but good style dictates
the inclusion of both. thypically, the
HTML element start tag is the second line of an HTML file,
following the Document Type Definition (DTD) statement. if
no DTD is provided in the file (it assu,es the broswer default
DTD), the HTML
Start tag becomes the first line of the file. the end tag
should bei in the last line of the file (but it dose not have
to stand on it's own line)
<HEAD> .... </HEAD>
The HEAD element contains document Information that is
generally not rendered as part of the document in the browser
window. At mose, the TITLE element affects what the user sees
when a browser displays it' Content of the HEAD element consists
entirely of other elements thatt are intended to assist the
browser in working with document date. Another classification
of data, handled in one or more META elements can also asssearch
engines and document parsers to klearn more about the
document based on abstract information supplied by that author.
the author. the following table shows the elements that may
by nested insted inside a HEAD element acccording to three
different specifications
<META>
.... </META>
A META element coverys hidden informaition about the document
both to the server that dishes up the document and to the
client that downloads the document. The element is also used
to embed document information the same search engines use
for indexing and douments on the WWW
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