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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Kyle Garcilazo
Kyle Garcilazo
1,926 Points

How to write an HTML doctype

index.html 
html:

4 Answers

egaratkaoroprat
egaratkaoroprat
16,630 Points
egaratkaoroprat
egaratkaoroprat
16,630 Points

Hey Kyle

For HTML 5 it is simply (should be at the beginning of your HTML document):

<!DOCTYPE html>
Kyle Garcilazo
Kyle Garcilazo
1,926 Points

ok cool,thanks.

Victor Horton
Victor Horton
20,277 Points
Victor Horton
Victor Horton
20,277 Points

Don't forget to put <html> directly under the type and end the page with </html>

Fernando Carlini
Fernando Carlini
6,349 Points
Fernando Carlini
Fernando Carlini
6,349 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> --> this declaration don´t have an closing tag as others. It must be at the top of the document.

Paula Mourad
Paula Mourad
5,154 Points
Paula Mourad
Paula Mourad
5,154 Points

Hello Kyle! It's very simple:

          <!DOCTYPE html>
          <html>
          <!-- Here you start with your head, then body elements-->
          </html>
          ```