The HTML Page

The HTML Page.
HTML (or Web) pages have two main parts the Head and the Body. The body of the page is where all your text and images go while the Head section of the page contains information that is not displayed like the page title, meta tags, links to style sheets, and other tags that tell the web browser how to display the page. It's important not to forget about the head section of your page just because you can't see it in the browser. This part of the page is very important
<HEAD> <TITLE>My Web Page.</TITLE> <meta http-equiv="description" content="All about me"> </HEAD>	<<< This is a simple web page 'head' it tells the web browser that the title of the page is "My Web Page" and that the description of the page is "All about me". Other meta tags might tell the browser who the author of the page is or define Keywords for the page. Some Web page editors, like MS Frontpage for example, have meta tags of their own like 'generator' (the name of the program that generates the html code), template, author, etc.. Really, a meta tag in your web page is a bit like a tag tied onto your finger to tell people a bit more about you, like your name.
While the head has information that you don't see in the web browser what's in the body is shown in the browser so it's really important to have this stuff all right. This is where you need to think about the images (pictures), text and links (hyperlinks) that make up the body of your page. text and pictures are what you use to "get your message over", meaning how you tell visitors what you want them to know so it is important to think about this before you start building your page. You might want to look at our "Questions to ask before I build my web site" page.