HTML CONTENT ELEMENTS THE BULK AND MEAT OF THE PAGES THAT YOU’LL CREATE. YOU’LL LEARN TO RELY ON THESE BABIES FOR ALL THE WEB PROGRAMMING YOU DO.

HTML CONTENT ELEMENTS ARE YOUR FRIENDS Content elements will display everything you share in HTML 5. Elements are the structure behind your page. You’ll use tags such as,,, and, to create the essential framework of your page, but it’s the content elements that actually compose the visible page that your users are actually coming to see.

HOW DID ALL THIS COME ABOUT? According to the HTML was originally developed by Tim Berners-Lee while working at CERN. His original idea was to link together different articles and research documents. Berners-Lee’s original idea was to be able to quickly bounce between articles for and information that was referenced in the text. The concept of using opening and closing tags ( … ) was taken from Standard Generalized Mark-up Language, which was the closest forerunner to the HTML that we know today. Once again, nerds make good things come to life

BUILD ME A WEBSITE As mentioned earlier, the content elements create the visible page you’ll create. Think about it. What are the elements (or tags) you use the most? for your text paragraphs, tags for your, well, images, and the like for your headings. Even when using JavaScript you’ll be using and or elements to specify where your JavaScript will be displayed. These are called physical tags. You’ll also use logical tags, which are things like your tag, and tags, but these will all be used for styling and adding functionality to your website. We’ll get to that.

LET’S DRILL THAT INTO YOUR HEAD.. Logical TagsPhysical Tags The managers and directors behind the scenes. Like your mom, you don’t see or miss these tags until they’re gone. The actors and actresses who keep the camera’s focus. These are the only tags most people see or care about. You get the idea by now, right? &

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