Basic Rules of the HTML Tag
Any basic HTML tag will follow a couple of simple rules.
- All html tags will be enclosed in brackets < >
- With few exceptions, there will be an opening and closing html tag.<> </>
- The html tag is not case sensitive. <html> is the same as <HTML>
- Some html tags are required.
style="text-align: left"><html>
<head></head>
<body></body>
</html>
Exceptions
- The image tag does not use a closing tag <img>
There are other exceptions. Check out our resources for more information.
Our HTML Tag Resources
A basic online tutorial for beginners. Covers the most commonly used HTML tags.
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