- HTML Basic Examples
- HTML Documents
- Example
- My First Heading
- The Declaration
- HTML Headings
- Example
- This is heading 1
- This is heading 2
- This is heading 3
- HTML Paragraphs
- Example
- HTML Links
- Example
- HTML Images
- Example
- How to View HTML Source
- View HTML Source Code:
- Inspect an HTML Element:
- Sample HTML Code For Homepage
- Introduction
- Look and Feel
- Structure Of Homepage
- Step 1: Create a basic HTML page
- Header
- Main
- Footer
- Step 2: Style The Elements Using CSS
- Complete Sample HTML Code For Homepage
- Conclusion
HTML Basic Examples
In this chapter we will show some basic HTML examples.
Don’t worry if we use tags you have not learned about yet.
HTML Documents
All HTML documents must start with a document type declaration: .
The HTML document itself begins with and ends with .
The visible part of the HTML document is between
and .Example
My First Heading
My first paragraph.
The Declaration
The declaration represents the document type, and helps browsers to display web pages correctly.
It must only appear once, at the top of the page (before any HTML tags).
The declaration is not case sensitive.
The declaration for HTML5 is:
HTML Headings
HTML headings are defined with the to tags.
defines the most important heading. defines the least important heading:
Example
This is heading 1
This is heading 2
This is heading 3
HTML Paragraphs
HTML paragraphs are defined with the
tag:
Example
This is a paragraph.
This is another paragraph.
HTML Links
HTML links are defined with the tag:
Example
The link’s destination is specified in the href attribute.
Attributes are used to provide additional information about HTML elements.
You will learn more about attributes in a later chapter.
HTML Images
HTML images are defined with the tag.
The source file ( src ), alternative text ( alt ), width , and height are provided as attributes:
Example
How to View HTML Source
Have you ever seen a Web page and wondered «Hey! How did they do that?»
View HTML Source Code:
Right-click in an HTML page and select «View Page Source» (in Chrome) or «View Source» (in Edge), or similar in other browsers. This will open a window containing the HTML source code of the page.
Inspect an HTML Element:
Right-click on an element (or a blank area), and choose «Inspect» or «Inspect Element» to see what elements are made up of (you will see both the HTML and the CSS). You can also edit the HTML or CSS on-the-fly in the Elements or Styles panel that opens.
Sample HTML Code For Homepage
In this article, we will show you how to create a homepage using HTML and CSS step by step. You can use this code as a starting point for your own website as a developer. Sample HTML code for homepage is also give.
Introduction
Every web developer should create a basic portfolio website using HTML and CSS. This will create a showcase of your work and will also help you learn basic concepts of HTML and CSS.
Start with something basic like this one and then add more to it in the future.
We are going to explain each step of the process in this article and also provide you sample HTML code of homepage.
Look and Feel
Here is how our homepage will look like.
Structure Of Homepage
Before we start, first have a look at the HTML components that create each section of this homepage.
The picture below shows different HTML elements with its name that gives you a rough idea of how to create the HTML structure of the home page.
- The home page is divided into 3 sections: header, main and, footer .
- The header section contains the logo and the navigation bar.
- The main section contains the main content of the page like introduction, achievements, projects, etc.
- The footer section contains the copyright, contact details, and social media links.
Step 1: Create a basic HTML page
Using the structure of the homepage explained above, create a basic HTML page.
The page is divided into 3 sections by HTML elements:
Header
The header section contains the logo which is nothing but just a link to the homepage here (you add your own logo image) and also contains the navigation bar.
Main
The main section contains almost everything that you want to show on the homepage so it is also bigger than any other section.
For simplicity, we are just using the intro, achievements, and about us section in this example.
From the image, you can get a rough idea of the structure of the main section.
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