Chapter 3: Introduction to HTML
_____ element which specifies an external CSS style sheet file that is used with this document.
<link>
DOCTYPE Short for _____
Document Type Definition
<body>, <p>, <h1> and <div> are all examples of HTML _____
elements NOTE* All HTML documents consist of nested HTML elements.
markup
is a way to indicate information about the content that is distinct from the content
An empty element does not contain any text content; instead...
it is an instruction to the browser to do something.
HTML elements can be _____ (this means that elements can contain other elements).
nested NOTE* All HTML documents consist of nested HTML elements.
In HTML5, the _____ in empty elements is optional.
trailing slash ex) <img src="file.gif" = alt="something" />
DOCTYPE Short for Document Type Definition tells the browser...
what type of document it is about to process. ex) <!DOCTYPE html>
______ element declares that the character encoding for the document is UTF-8
<meta>
Syntax to write HTML comments
<! -Write comments here >
HTML5
> HTML stands for Hyper Text markup language. > HTML describes the structure of Web pages using markup > HTML5 is the current W3C recommendation for web development and is widely implemented in modern browsers
Element which contains content to be displayed by the browser (Item 4)
<body>
Element which contains descriptive elements about the document, such (title, style sheets, JavaScript files etc.) (Item 3)
<head>
Element which contains all the other HTML elements in the document (Item 2 in previous slide)
<html>
HTML5 does not require the use of the _____, _____ , and _____ elements (but most developers continue to use them).
<html> / <head> / <body>
HTML documents are composed of ______ and ______.
textual content, HTML elements
HTML element encompasses: (3 items)
• the element name within angle brackets (i.e., the tag) and • HTML elements can also contain attributes. • the content within the tag.
