What is a webpage?
A webpage is a document composed in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) and can be accessed through a web browser.
HTML is the basic building block of a webpage. It is the standard markup language used to create and design documents on the World Wide Web.
Example of Creating a Simple webpage
1. Create an HTML Document
Create an HTML file and open it in your preferred code editor.
2. Declaration of Document Type and Adding HTML Element
Add <!DOCTYPE html> at the beginning of the HTML document. This declaration is the first component of an HTML document. It declares the document type and version (HTML5).
Add HTML element <html lang="en"> </html>. The <html lang="en"> is the opening tag for the HTML element, indicating the beginning of the HTML document. The lang attribute specifies the language of the document; in this case it is English.
The </html> is the closing tag for the HTML element, indicating the end of the HTML document.
Example of Adding Document Type and HTML Element
xxxxxxxxxx<html lang="en"><!-- head and body elements are added here--></html>3. Adding Head Element
Inside <html> element, add HTML <head> element as shown in the following code. Inside head element, title, meta, script, link, and style elements are added.
Example of Adding Head Element
xxxxxxxxxx<html lang="en"><head> <title>Simple webpage</title> <!-- Title of the page--></head></html>4. Adding Body Element
Below <head> element, add HTML <body> element as shown in the following code.
HTML <body> element includes everything that is displayed on the webpage, such as text, images, links, forms, and other elements.
Add a <h4> and a <p> element inside the <body> element with the text as shown in the following example.
Example of Adding Body Element
xxxxxxxxxx<html lang="en"><head> <title>Simple webpage</title> <!-- Title of the page--></head><body> <!-- elements of the body will be displayed --> <h4>Simple webpage</h4> <!-- header--> <p>This is a simple webpage created using HTML.</p> <!-- paragraph--></body></html>Output of the above example
Simple webpage
This is a simple webpage created using HTML.
