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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Adrian Pandelica
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Adrian Pandelica
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Posted by Adrian Pandelica
Adrian Pandelica
Courses Plus Student 2,106 Points

Create the HTML element that will serve as the document root.

Hi. i got stuck here .

2 Answers

Paul Murphy
Paul Murphy
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Paul Murphy
Paul Murphy
6,162 Points

Hi Adrian,

At the start of a document you declare the doctype (in this case html),

You then use a <html></html> tag which will include all of your html code.

Adrian Pandelica
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Adrian Pandelica
Courses Plus Student 2,106 Points
Adrian Pandelica
Adrian Pandelica
Courses Plus Student 2,106 Points

Hi Paul. I've done it like this <!DOCTYPE html> <html>

but i'ts still saying is wrong

and thx .

Paul Murphy
Paul Murphy
6,162 Points
Paul Murphy
Paul Murphy
6,162 Points

you need to add this on the next line. 

<html>
</html>