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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Josh Stull
Josh Stull
Courses Plus Student 432 Points

example of html element that will serve as a document root?

html document root?

index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset"utf-8">
  </head>

2 Answers

John Steer-Fowler
PLUS
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points
John Steer-Fowler
John Steer-Fowler
Courses Plus Student 11,734 Points

Hi Josh,

I think you have skipped ahead a bit here.

I believe it's just asking you to write the html element.

<html>
</html>

Your code should look something like this:

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

Hope this helps

Pete Cass
Pete Cass
16,656 Points
Pete Cass
Pete Cass
16,656 Points

Think of the document like a family tree. With each node splitting into branches and then those branches split into another. The root is the parent of all parents, it's where the tree begins. So to answer your question look to the top of the page and you'll find the first element that contains everything else there. but remember this contains everything so you need a closing tag at the end of everything else.

eg

<html>
....... some other elements
</html>