2. Creating Essential Tags
What is a tag?
HTML uses tags to define the content of a webpage.
​
A tag uses angle brackets - they look just like my teeth...
​
Some examples of tags are <p> and <h1> and <center>
​
​
​
Most tags have a start tag and an end tag.
The actual content is written in between the tags.
For example:
​
<p>The p tag is used to write a paragraph</p>
​
Notice that the end tag uses a forward slash.
< >
Essential Tags
There are three tags that are essential for every HTML web page:
​
<html> - This tag declares the start and the end of your html web page.
<head> - The head is the part of the web page that the user will not see.
<body> - The body holds all of the content of the web page (text, images, video etc.)
​
Don't forget to use backslash for the end tags: /
Use the image on the right to add the three essential tags (and their end tags) to your document.
