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
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
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
Output of the above example
Simple webpage
This is a simple webpage created using HTML.