HTML Tags

HTML markup consists of an opening tag, content, and closing tag.  Each tag is denoted by the < and > symbols.  For example, <html> is the opening tag for an HTML document.  To close a tag, you use the < symbol, followed by a / and then the > symbol.  The closing tag to <html> is </html>.  Between these two tags, you will find all the content for an HTML document.

HTML Document Example

The tags in an HTML document tell the web browser how to display the content the tag contains.  Let’s go back to our HTML code example from the Introduction page.

<html>
  <head>
  <title>Page Title Goes Here</title>
</head>
<body>
  This is where the main content goes.
</body>
</html>

The HTML document is broken up into two sections, the header and the body.  The header (<head>…</head>) section contains content describing the document, such as the document title.  The body (<body>…</body>) section contains all the markup and content you’ll see in the web page.

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