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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by shadreck chipolidzi
shadreck chipolidzi
5,600 Points

create html element that will serve as the document root

create html that will serve as the document root.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>

2 Answers

Kevin Becerra
Kevin Becerra
14,243 Points
Kevin Becerra
Kevin Becerra
14,243 Points

The element that would serve as the root would be an html tag you just put it after the document type declaration.

<html>
</html>
Ken Johnson
Ken Johnson
3,331 Points
Ken Johnson
Ken Johnson
3,331 Points

<!DOCTYPE html> <html></html>