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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by joshuaau
joshuaau
8,045 Points

I dont know what the Document Root is

What do I need to add?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<body></body>

3 Answers

rospa
rospa
2,945 Points
rospa
rospa
2,945 Points

After the doctype declaraction ( <!DOCTYPE html> ) and around the <body></body> tags, you need to have the <html></html> tags. These are sometimes called the "Document root", because everything else in the page sits within them. For example:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    ....
  </head>
  <body>
    ....
  </body>
</html>
Stan Clarke Jr.
Stan Clarke Jr.
4,745 Points
Stan Clarke Jr.
Stan Clarke Jr.
4,745 Points

Ben is absolutely right.

Here is an additional resource at the Mozilla Developer Network.

Have fun!

Yvette Deale
Yvette Deale
19,119 Points
Yvette Deale
Yvette Deale
19,119 Points

Ben is correct

The document root is a directory (a folder) that is stored on your host's servers and that is designated for holding web pages. When someone else looks at your web site, this is the location they will be accessing.

Your HTML reflects this but you need to have the HTML tags

rospa
rospa
2,945 Points

That's called a Root Directory, in this instance "Document root" refers to the DOM of the file Josh is working on, which is made up of <html></html> tags.