Basic
Don't worry if these examples use tags you have not learned.
You will learn about them in the next chapters.
HTML Documents
All HTML documents must start with a document type declaration: <!DOCTYPE html>
.
The HTML document itself begins with <html>
and ends with </html>
.
The visible part of the HTML document is between <body>
and </body>
.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>
</body>
</html>
HTML Headings
HTML headings are defined with the <h1>
to <h6>
tags.
<h1>
defines the most important heading. <h6>
defines the least important heading:
<h1>This is heading 1</h1>
<h2>This is heading 2</h2>
<h3>This is heading 3</h3>
HTML Paragraphs
HTML paragraphs are defined with the <p>
tag:
<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>
HTML Links
HTML links are defined with the <a>
tag:
<a href="https://www.w3schools.com">This is a link</a>
The link's destination is specified in the href
attribute.
Attributes are used to provide additional information about HTML elements.
You will learn more about attributes in a later chapter.
HTML Images
HTML images are defined with the <img>
tag.
The source file (src
), alternative text (alt
), width
, and height
are provided as attributes:
<img src="w3schools.jpg" alt="W3Schools.com" width="104" height="142">
HTML Buttons
HTML buttons are defined with the <button>
tag:
<button>Click me</button>
HTML Lists
HTML lists are defined with the <ul>
(unordered/bullet list) or the <ol>
(ordered/numbered list) tag, followed by <li>
tags (list items):
<ul>
<li>Coffee</li>
<li>Tea</li>
<li>Milk</li>
</ul>