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HTML Treehouse Club: HTML Publish a Story HTML Structure

Posted by Jamiah Williamson
Jamiah Williamson
643 Points

How do I correctly write the opening and closing tags for <-!DOCTYPE html/> ?

I am not quite getting how to write the opening and closing code for <!-DOCTYPE html />

index.html 
<-!DOCTYPEhtml/>
Stephen Limmex
Stephen Limmex
32,604 Points
Stephen Limmex
Stephen Limmex
32,604 Points

Jamiah,

Here is what I have in my notes from one of my first lessons:

• 

<!DOCTYPE html>
  • The document type element tells the browser what kind of content to expect in a web page.

Best, Steve

1 Answer

Stephen Limmex
Stephen Limmex
32,604 Points
Stephen Limmex
Stephen Limmex
32,604 Points

Jamiah,

Here is what I have in my notes from one of my first lessons:

<!DOCTYPE html>
  • The document type element tells the browser what kind of content to expect in a web page.

Best, Steve

Jamiah Williamson
Jamiah Williamson
643 Points

Got it. Thanks a lot Steve