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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Lindy Giusta
Lindy Giusta
246 Points

I am unsure of how to create an HTML document root. Is that a metatag?

I am getting a little confused with the new terms. What is an HTML document root?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,413 Points

The document root refers to the <html>...</html> tag. You're just missing the closing tag.

Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points
Mark Truitt
Mark Truitt
17,230 Points

Hi Lindy,

This is referring to defining it has html with tags like below. This is to just state what the page "is" and always comes after the DOCTYPE.

So in this case it would be....

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>

</html>

This is telling the browser that it is a HTML document.

Mark

Lindy Giusta
Lindy Giusta
246 Points

Thank you!