George Favour
Below are the list of HTML tags you should know as a developer:
- Doctype
- Html
- Head
- Body
- Title
- H1 to H6
- Paragraph
- Div
- Image
- Video
- Audio
- Line break
- Horizontal line
- Span
- Anchor
- List
- Table
- Caption
- Form
- Button
- Select
- Navigation
- Bold
- Article
- Footer
- Italics
- Main
- Option
- Comment
- Style
Doctype:
The doctype declaration is the first line of code in an HTML file. It communicates to our website which version of HTML we are working in.
Html:
The HTML elements are written after our Doctype Declaration, and wrap all of our HTML code. It is sometimes known as the root element.
<html>
Head:
The Head Element is used to wrap around everything you want to include on the HTML page
Body:
The body tags contain all of the content that will appear on our webpage.
Title:
This sets the title of the page. The page title is used to describe the page when it is bookmarked.
<title> </title>
H1 to H6:
Paragraph:
This is where we store the paragraphs of information.
<p> </p>
Div:
It is used to wrap a section of content. A div element is used for block-level organization and styling of page elements.
Image:
The image tag is used to add image to our webpage.
Video:
The video tag is used to add videos and clips to our webpage.
Audio:
The audio tag is used to add audio clips and music to our webpage.
Line break:
The line break tag is used to break a line in webpage.
<br>
Horizontal line:
The hr tag is used to add a horizontal line to a webpage.
<hr>
Span:
The span tag is used for inline organization and styling.
Anchor:
The anchor tag is used to link a webpage to another webpage.
List:
The li tag is used to place list items. They are 2 types: Ordered list and Unordered list.
Table:
The table tag is used to create a table in a web page.
Caption:
A caption tag defines a table caption.
Form:
The form tag is used to create HTML form for user’s input.
Button:
The button tag is used to add a clickable button on our webpage
<button> </button>
Select:
The select tag is used to create a drop-down list.
Navigation:
It defines a set of navigation links.
Bold:
Defines that a text should be bold.
<b> </b>
Article:
Footer:
The footer element represents a container for information that is usually located below the web page. It often contains the copyright information, author address, categories, etc.
Italics:
<i> </i>
Main:
It specifies the main content of a document.
Option:
Comment:
The comment is used to communicate to developers how our code/file is broken. The code would not be visible to the browers.
Style:
The style tag is used to apply a simple style sheet to an HTML document.
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