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326 Pointswhats the html element that can serve as a doc root?
what is the html element that can serve as a doc root?
3 Answers
Jovanny Elias
16,204 PointsThis is your basic structure for an html document. Your root element is the opening and closing html tag.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title of the document</title>
</head>
<body>
The content of the document......
</body>
</html>
Jovanny Elias
16,204 Points<!DOCTYPE HTML> is what lets the browser know what type of document it is and how it should read it. The root element is
<html>
........
</html>
You write all your html inside these tags or it will not be read properly on the browser
Sergio Romo Medina
4,522 PointsIs <!DOCTYPE HTML>