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HTML tags

Html tags are opened like this <strong> and closed like this </strong>.

Each HTML tag describes different document content.

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<html> </html>

Defines the beginning and the end of an HTML document.


<head> </head>

defines the heading of a html document, especially the link to the style sheet.


<body> </body>

Defines the document's body, which is the core of the web page.


<header> </header>

Defines the top of the web page, especially the title and a menu.


<ul> </ul>

Defines an unordonated list.


<ol> </ol>

Defines an ordonated list.


<li> </li>

Entries (lines) inside an ordonated or unordonated list.


<p> </p>

Defines a section.


<strong> </strong>

Defines important text.


<table> </table>

Defines a table.


<h1></h1> ... <h6></h6>

Defines titles and subtitles, <h1> is the largest and <h6> the smallest.


<img src="URL" alt="text">

Defines an image, 2 required attributes:

- src is the image's URL

- alt is the alternative text


<a href="URL"></a>

Defines a hyperlink to link a web page to another.

the href attribute is required and indicates the link's destination.


<form> </form>

Defines a form.


<title> </title>

Defines the document's title.


<div> </div> 

Defines a division or a section in an HTML document.


<article> </article>

Defines independent, self-contained content.


<button> </button>

Defines a clickable button.


<main> </main>

Defines the main content of the document.


<input>

Used within a <form> it specifies an input field where the user can enter data.


<!DOCTYPE>

Defines the document type


<!-- ... -->

Defines a comment


<audio> 

Defines audio content


<footer>

Defines a section's footer or a html document's footer


<q>

Defines a quote


<section>

Defines a section in the document


<tr>

Defines a table row


<td>

Defines a table cell


<video>

Defines video content


<link>

Link the html document to an external ressource (like a stylesheet)


<menu>

Defines a list or a menu


<span>

tag used for applying differents styles to inline elements in the document