HTML Basics for Beginners

What is HTML? HTML(HyperText Markup Language) is the standard language used to create web pages. It structures the content on the web — like text, images, links, forms, and more. Basic Structure of an HTML Page Every HTML page follows this basic structure:

Hello World!

This is my first web page

Explanation:

!DOCTYPE html - Document type declaraion for HTML5. Tells browser this is HTML5.

html - Root Element.

head - Page information(Meta, link, title).

body - Visible Content.

h1 - Heading

p - Paragraph.

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Headings

Main Heading

Sub Heading

Smaller Heading

Sub-sub-section Title/h4>

Further subdivision

Least important heading

Headings go from h1 (largest) to h6 (smallest).

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Links

Visit Google

a - Anchor tag

href - Link URL

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Links

src - Image Path

alt - Alternative text

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Lists

Unorderedlist

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript

Orderedlist

1. Step 1
2. Step 2

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HTML Attributes

Attributes give extra information about elements.

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Forms Example

Name:

Email:

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