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Bare-Bones Basics of HTML

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HTML (HyperText Markup Language) is the standard language for creating web pages. It uses tags to structure content. Key points: - Document structure - <!DOCTYPE html> — declares HTML5. - <html> — root element. - <head> — metadata: <title>, <meta>, <link>, <style>, <script> (usually not visible). - <body> — visible content: text, images, links, lists, etc. - Basic tags - <title>Your page title</title> — shown in browser tab (inside head). - Headings: <h1>…</h1> to <h6>…</h6>. - Paragraph: <p>Paragraph text</p>. - Links: <a href="https://example.com">link text</a>. - Images: <img src="image.jpg" alt="description"> (self-closing; include alt). - Lists: - Unordered: <ul><li>Item</li></ul> - Ordered: <ol><li>Item</li></ol> - Line break: <br> - Horizontal rule: <hr> - Attributes - Provide extra info inside opening tag: <tag attribute="value">. - Common attributes: id, class, href, src, alt, title, style. - Nesting and well-formedness - Tags should be properly opened and closed and nested (e.g., <p><strong>text</strong></p>). - Example minimal page <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>My Page</title> </head> <body> <h1>Hello</h1> <p>This is a minimal HTML page.</p> <a href="https://example.com">Visit example</a> </body> </html> - Where to learn next - Mozilla Developer Network (MDN) HTML guide: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML - W3C HTML specification and tutorials: https://www.w3.org/ and https://www.w3schools.com/html/ Tips: start by editing the example file, open it in a browser, and change tags/attributes to see effects.

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<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>My Page</title> </head> <body> <h1>Hello</h1> <p>This is a minimal HTML page.</p> <a href="https://example.com">Visit example</a> </body> </html>

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This file is a complete, minimal HTML document. Line-by-line: 1. <!DOCTYPE html> - Declares the document type as HTML5. It tells the browser to use modern HTML parsing rules. 2. <html> ... </html> - The root element that contains the whole HTML document. Everything visible or metadata goes inside this. 3. <head> ... </head> - Holds metadata and resources for the page (not directly visible in the page content). - <meta charset="utf-8"> - Specifies the character encoding (UTF-8). Ensures characters like emojis and non-Latin letters display correctly. - <title>My Page</title> - The page title shown in the browser tab, bookmarks, and search-engine results. Must be inside <head>. 4. <body> ... </body> - Contains the visible content that the user sees on the webpage. - <h1>Hello</h1> - A top-level heading. <h1> is the most important heading; <h2>–<h6> are progressively less important. - <p>This is a minimal HTML page.</p> - A paragraph element for blocks of text. - <a href="https://example.com">Visit example</a> - An anchor (link). The href attribute gives the target URL. Clicking the text "Visit example" navigates to that address. Notes and best practices - Proper nesting and closing: Every opened element should be closed in the right order (e.g., don’t close </html> before </body>). - Indentation and whitespace: Not required for browsers, but makes the file easier to read. - Always include <meta charset="utf-8"> near the top of <head> to avoid character issues. - Use meaningful <title> text — it matters for usability and SEO. - Add alt attributes to images (not present here) for accessibility: <img src="..." alt="description">. - You can add CSS (<style> or <link>) and JavaScript (<script>) inside <head> or just before </body> as needed. References - MDN Web Docs — HTML basics: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Learn/Getting_started_with_the_web/HTML_basics - W3C/HTML Living Standard: https://www.w3.org/TR/html52/

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