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314 PointsWhat is an HTML root again? I'm confused upon composing <!DOCTYPE html> what to do next.
Confused in regard to the next step following the DOCTYPE I enter.
2 Answers
James Male
6,619 PointsAssuming that you are creating a website I would have the following as the next step:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
Stone Preston
42,016 Pointsthe root of the document is the html tags
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
</html>
since everything else goes inside those 2 tags.