What Is HTML: Basic HTML Examples for Beginners

What Is HTML: Basic HTML Examples for Beginners is easier to understand when the core ideas are paired with practical examples. The sections below explain the topic clearly, highlight useful steps, and point out details that can prevent common errors.

You will give some basic HTML text examples. Don't worry if you see unlearned tags. You will soon learn about them in the upcoming lessons.

HTML Text

• All HTML documents must begin with -!DOCTYPE html-
• The HTML text content, it starts with -html- and ends with -/html-
• The HTML text that will display is the part that is contained within the 2 tags -body- and -/body-

HTML title

The title of the HTML document is defined by the markup -h1- and tags -/h1-

-h1- indicates that it is the most important title, and  -h6- indicates that it is the least important.

Text paragraphs in HTML

Paragraphs are identified by tags -p- and end with -/p-

Links in HTML

Paths are identified by tags -a- and -/a-

• The destination of this path is specified in the attribute href.
• Attributes help provide additional information to an element in HTML.
• you will explore HTML elements and attributes in the next lesson.

Images in HTML

The image is identified by the tag -img-

The alt (src), text source file (alt), width and height the properties of the image.

Buttons in HTML

Buttons identified by tags -button-

List in HTML

Lists are identified by tags -ul- (bulleted/  -ol- unordered lists ) or (bulleted / ordered lists), followed by a tag -li- (item list)