This tag informs the compiler that the following code is in the HTML language. It can will then show the appropriate output. This is required or else all your tags will not be recognized and it will not appear as a webpage!
Style Note: Programmers will use capital letters to denote their HTML code. This is to show the difference between tags and words that will appear on the webpage. I would suggest you adopt this system so you can debug your pages easier.
The HEAD Tag
The head tag reveals various aspects about your page. The most important is the title of the webpage, located in the TITLE tag. The name within the tag appears in the menu at the very top of the page. What is the title of this page?
Other tags within the HEAD tag are more complicated. They are discussed here at this link if you wish to know more.
The BODY Tag
The body tag contains all the information about the webpage. Everything that you want to appear on the webpage will be written in here.
There are many many tags that could be put in the body tag. We won't look at all of them today, but over the next few days we will learn how to add images, link to other webpages, and use tables to format our work! Today we will focus on creating attractive web text documents.
Follow the link to learn what tags we'll use inside the body tag!
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