Tags

In HTML, a Tag is the fundamental unit for structuring and presenting content on a webpage, and it consists of keywords surrounded by angle brackets (< >).

Tags consist of an opening tag (<tag>) and a closing tag (</tag>), with the content that the tag applies to placed in between these two tags.

Below is an example that demonstrates the structure of an HTML tag.

Structure of an HTML Tag
<tag>Content the tag applies to</tag>

An opening tag is represented simply as <tagname> (for example, <html>), while a closing tag has a slash (/) before the tag name, like this </tagname> (for example, </html>).

Example of an HTML Tag
<html>
  Hello World!
</html>

Note: Some tags have a slash (/) placed after the tag name, known as Self-closing Tags. We will learn more about self-closing tags in a later lesson.

Practice

Follow the highlighted sections in the code and try typing them in.

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Practice