What is HTML?
Is known as a markup language not a programming language. It uses elements to determine how your content is to be structured or displayed. These elements are configured in way to display images and font in a desirable fashion.
What is HTML used for?
This markup language is used to create and organize content to be displayed predominantly as pages viewed on the web. But not limited to.
Why are we learning HTML?
HTML will allow us to interact with smart contracts and dapps
What is an HTML tag?
In order to complete an element a starting and ending tag must be used for content which is typically text.
What is the structure of an HTML tag?
The Structure of an HTML tag begins with an opening tag which identified by
followed by content such as text. An ending tag would follow the content. The combination of these create an element. Example: < p> Enroll in Ivan on Tech Academy< p>
What is an attribute?
An attribute is the means in which you can provide addition information within an element that is not visible when viewed from a web browser.
What is the anatomy of an HTML document?
The references below comprise an HTML document. All elements must have an opening and closing tag except for document type. It begins as follows:
< !DOCTYPE html> This reference is required in order for the page to behave properly when viewed with a web browser
< html> this element wraps all content on the page. Known as the root element.
< head> the head element is the means to package all content you are displaying on the page
< meta charset=”utf-8”> This element defines the character set utf-8 that will be used on the page. This set includes a wide variety of characters utilized by many languages. This element should be used to prevent future issues.
< title> the title element displays the title of your page in the browser tab. When saving this as a bookmark or favorite the text within the title element will be used to label your saved link.
< body> This element is used to hold all content to be displayed on the page consisting of these possibilities text, images, videos, games and audio tracks.