HTML Elements

Samuel Barton

<!DOCTYPE html>: The required first line that declares the document is an HTML5 page.
<html>: Root element of an HTML page
<head>: Container for metadata
<body>: Main content of the document
<title>: Defines the page’s title (appears in the browser tab)
<meta>: Provides metadata like charset, viewport, and description
<link>: Connects external resources (like CSS files)
<script>: Embeds or references JavaScript
<style>: Embeds internal CSS styles
<header>: Introductory or navigational content
<footer>: Footer information for a page or section
<nav>: Contains navigation links
<main>: Represents the main content area
<section>: Defines a thematic grouping of content
<article>: Represents self-contained, reusable content (like a blog post)
<aside>: Contains tangentially related content (like a sidebar)
<div>: Generic block-level container for grouping elements
<h1>: Top-level heading
<h2>: Second-level heading
<h3>: >Third-level heading; Paragraph of text
<span>: Generic inline container for text or inline elements
<a>: Creates a hyperlink
<ul>: Unordered (bulleted) list
<li>: List item
<img>: Embeds an image
<figure>: Groups media with a caption or label
<figcaption>: Caption for a
element
<video>: Embeds video content
<audio>: Embeds sound content
<source>: Specifies media source for