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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Robert bridges
Robert bridges
166 Points
Posted by Robert bridges
Robert bridges
166 Points

What does it mean to "define your html doctype?

Stuck on test question.

index.html 
<DOCTYPE html> 
  <h1>Tyler Bridges</h1>

2 Answers

Hammad Ahmed
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Hammad Ahmed
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,910 Points
Hammad Ahmed
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Hammad Ahmed
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 11,910 Points

Defining the document type means to define the type of document which you are going to write and its version. For using HTML and its version 5, here is the doctype:

<!DOCTYPE html>

And the rest of your html code must be within the html tags

<html>
    <!-- Your code --!>
</html>

And the code you want to display on the page must be within the body tags which is itself inside the html tags.

<body>
    <!-- Your code --!>
</body>
Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

This is the most complete and correct answer.

Carolyn Heuser
Carolyn Heuser
2,816 Points
Carolyn Heuser
Carolyn Heuser
2,816 Points

Hi, Robert! It is my understanding that DOCTYPE just tells the browser which version of HTML you are using. <DOCTYPE! html> tells the browser that you are using HTML5.

Ted Sumner
Ted Sumner
Courses Plus Student 17,967 Points

This is also correct.