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HTML Basic Examples

Do not worry if these examples given below uses tags you have not learned yet.

You will be learning about them in the forthcoming chapters.

HTML Documents

 

All HTML documents must always be starting with a document type declaration: <!DOCTYPE html>.

The HTML document itself always begins with <html> and ends with </html>.

The visible part of the HTML document in the browser is between <body> and </body>.

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<h1>My First Heading</h1>
<p>My first paragraph.</p>

</body>
</html>
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HTML Headings

 

HTML headings are always defined using the <h1> to <h6> tags.

<h1> is the tag that defines the most important heading. <h6> is the tag that defines the least important heading: 

Example

<h1>This is heading 1</h1>
<h2>This is heading 2</h2>
<h3>This is heading 3</h3>
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HTML Paragraphs

 

HTML paragraphs are usually defined by using the <p> tag:

Example

<p>This is a paragraph.</p>
<p>This is another paragraph.</p>
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HTML Links

 

HTML links are defined by using the <a> tag:

Example

<a href="http://daks.me">This is a link</a>
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The link's destination is always mentioned or specified in the href attribute

Attributes are necessary for providing additional information about the HTML elements.

HTML Images

 

HTML images are mentioned with the <img> tag.

The source file (src), alternative text (alt), and size (width and height) are given as attributes:

Example

<img src="/images/ngo.jpg" alt="ngo.com" width="104" height="142">
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