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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by farah hussain
farah hussain
9,218 Points

html

create the html element that will serve the doctype

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

2 Answers

Laurence Bowe
Laurence Bowe
6,222 Points
Laurence Bowe
Laurence Bowe
6,222 Points

What your missing in the closing tag to <html>, here's what you need.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

</html>
Ethan Rivas
Ethan Rivas
9,979 Points
Ethan Rivas
Ethan Rivas
9,979 Points

It is not necessary write the <html> again if you're using the <!DOCTYPE html>

Ethan Rivas
Ethan Rivas
9,979 Points
Ethan Rivas
Ethan Rivas
9,979 Points

Close your html tag

<!DOCTYPE html>
</html>