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Basic Tags

Title tag     Body tag     Heading tag     Paragraph tag

Title tag


<TITLE> tag, or TITLE tag is used for creating a title that names the page. This title will appear in the title bar of the Web browser window displaying the page. The general syntax for the TITLE tag is:
          <TITLE>text</TITLE>

Body tag


<BODY> tag, or BODY is used to let the browser know what is contained within the page. The BODY tag is not generally required but it should be included to better organize the document. The general syntax for the BODY tag is:

          <BODY>
          document
          </BODY>


Heading tag

<H> tags, or header tags are used for creating headings for titles or topics. They range in size from H1 to H6, (largest to smallest respectively). You would use them when you are creating headings for specific topics or titles. The general syntax for the HEADING tag is:

          <Hy>Heading text<Hy>
          <H1> looks like

          H1

          <H6> looks like
                            H6
 

Paragraph tag


<P> tags, or paragraph tags are used for creating a blank line between documents, paragraphs. The general syntax for the PARAGRAPH tag is:
          <P>text</P>