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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Solomon Jordan
Solomon Jordan
Courses Plus Student 699 Points

Create the HTML element that will serve as the document root.

Trying to figure out the code for this.

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>

1 Answer

Erik S.
Erik S.
9,789 Points
Erik S.
Erik S.
9,789 Points

The html tag will serve as the root:

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

Hope this helps.

Solomon Jordan
Solomon Jordan
Courses Plus Student 699 Points

Thanks!