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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Dino Moore
Dino Moore
422 Points

doctype html

doctype html

2 Answers

Sjors Theuns
Sjors Theuns
6,091 Points
Sjors Theuns
Sjors Theuns
6,091 Points

Hi Dino,

what exactly is your question about the doctype?

About Richards post: use caps for the doctype, like so:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Title of the document</title>
    </head>

    <body>
        The content of the document......
    </body>

</html>
Richard Duffy
Richard Duffy
16,488 Points
Richard Duffy
Richard Duffy
16,488 Points 
<!doctype html>
<html>
    <head>
    </head>
    <body>
    </body>
</html>