PURPOSE OF HTML ELEMENTS
An HTML [Hypertext Markup Language] elements are a type of HTML document component, one or several types of HTML nodes including text nodes, comment nodes, and other nodes. It means that HTML elements are a set of tags and attributes that define different parts of web documents and inform web browsers how to display them.
An HTML document is a text file that contains the tag-based information to publish. It also contains embedded instructions called “Elements”. For generally understood, the position of an element is indicated as spanning from a start tag, possibly including some child content, and is terminated by an end tag.
Syntax of HTML Elements
An HTML element usually consists of an open_tag like ('<>') and a close_tag like ('</>') with the content inserted in between open_tag & close_tag.
<open_tage>Contents write here...</close_tag>
Types of HTML Elements
- Nested HTML Elements
- Empty HTML Elements [<br />, <hr />, etc...]
- Nested HTML Elements Example:
Demo Example
<html>
<head>
<title> Define page title </title>
<meta /> // meta tag
</head>
<body>
<h2> Heading tag element </h2> <br />
<p> Paragraph tag element </p>
</body>
</html>