An HTML document consists of two main elements: the head and the body. The head element contains information about the document, such as its title, and can contain links to other documents (such as style sheets) as well as scripts that run on the page. The body element contains information that is displayed in a Web browser, such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
<HTML> |
This tag tells the browser that it is reading an HTML document. |
<HEAD> |
The head tag tells the browser that this is the beginning of the Head element. |
<TITLE>Erin's Home Page</TITLE> |
The Title tag tells the browser that the following text is the title of the document. The title is displayed in the Title Bar of the Browser. |
</HEAD> |
This tag tells the browser that this is the end of the Head element. |
<BODY> |
This tag tells the browser that the Body element is beginning. |
<H1>Erin's Home Page</H1> |
The H1 tag tells the browser that this is a first-level heading. Typically, level-one headings are the largest headings in a document. |
<P>Welcome to my Home Page. Some of my favorite things include mountain biking, new music, and microbrews.</P> |
This text is surrounded by Paragraph tags. |
<P>Please send me email at <A HREF= "mailto:erinb@notreal.edu"> Erinb@Notreal.edu.</A></P> |
This paragraph contains an anchor tag that tells the browser to create an email message that will be sent to the specified address (in this case, erinb@notreal.edu). |
</BODY> |
This tag tells the browser that the Body element is ending. |
</HTML> |
This tag tells the browser that it has reached the end of the HTML document. |
