HTML Basics

Lets learn about some basic elements of HTML like Headings, Paragraphs, Images, Links, Buttons and Lists

Lets start with a simple HTML Document or Webpage

A Simple HTML Document

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Page Title</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Page Heading</h1>
<p>Paragraph</p>
</body>
</html>

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Explaination

The <!DOCTYPE html> declaration defines this document to be HTML5
The <html> element is the root element of an HTML page
The <head> element contains meta-information about the document
The <title> element specifies a title for the document
The <body> element contains the visible page content
The <h1> element defines a large heading
The <p> element defines a paragraph

HTML Headings

HTML provide six headings from <h1> to <h6>.

Heading <h1> is the largest heading and <h6> is the smallest heading.


<h1>Page Heading1</h1>
<h2>Page Heading2</h2>
<h3>Page Heading3</h3>
<h4>Page Heading4</h4>
<h5>Page Heading5</h5>
<h6>Page Heading6</h6>

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HTML Paragraphs

Paragraphs in HTML are defined by <p> tag.

Heading <h1> is the largest heading and <h6> is the smallest heading.


<p>First Paragrph</p>
<p>Second Paragrph</p>
<p>Third Paragrph</p>

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Lists

HTML provides two types of lists

Ordered Lists/Numbered Lists represented by <ol> tag.
Unordered lists/Bulleted Lists represented by <ul> tag.

List items are represented by <li> tag.


<ol>
<li>HTML</li>
<li>CSS</li>
<li>Bootstrap</li>
</ol>

<ul>
<li>HTML</li>
<li>CSS</li>
<li>Bootstrap</li>
</ul>

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Links

In HTML links are created using the anchor tag <a>.

The destination url is added in href="... " attribute.


<a href="https://www.themelites.com/">HTML Link</a>

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Buttons

Buttons in HTML are created by <button> tag.


<button>HTML Button</button>

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Images

HTML defines the images with <img> tag.

Some attributes used in it are:

src="..." attribute is used to add the image address/url.
alt="..." attribute is used to provide an alternate text for slow connections.
height="..." and width="..." attributes are used for specifyinng the height and width of the image respectively.


<img src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2d2IbdRqDU8/XrK4zu3uavI/AAAAAAAAPuc/jRF4Cylkdxc3QH6KLJvWB81XliNYfpxigCK4BGAsYHg/w400-h225/Blogger.jpg" alt="Blogger" height="100px" width="100px" />

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