HTML Tags
HTML tags are like the building blocks of a webpage. They define what content appears on a page and how it is structured. Think of them as instructions that tell the browser how to display text, images, links, and other elements. Each tag is wrapped in angle brackets (< >) and tells the browser what kind of content is coming next.
Most HTML tags come in pairs: an opening tag and a closing tag. An opening tag begins with (<), while a closing tag ends with (</) the only difference being the forward slash. To create a paragraph, you use the
tag for the start and for the end. The content (such as text) sits between these two tags, and the browser knows it should render this as a paragraph.
Some of them are self-closing. Such as the <img> tag for images; this tag does not need to close because it’s fully on its own. For example, (<img src=\”image.jpg\” alt=\”Description of image\”>) merely specifies the address for the browser to go fetch the image and, if it can’t download, a description of it.
HTML tags may serve to describe something different. For example:
- Structural tags such as
<html>,<head>, and<body>help establish the basic structure of the page. - Text tags such as
<h1>to<h6>for headings or<p>for paragraphs indicate how text should be rendered. - Link tags such as
<a>are used to create hyperlinks, allowing users to click to navigate between pages. - Media tags such as
<img>for images or<audio>for sound allow you to add multimedia.
Form tags – These include<form>,<input>, and<button>and assist in creating forms for filling by users.
HTML tags normally carry attributes, which are additional information that changes how the tag behaves. For example, the <a> tag employs the href attribute to specify where the link goes.
In short, HTML tags are what make web pages-they organize and structure content so that browsers can interpret it all in a meaningful way. They let us transform raw text and data into something a user can interact with visually.