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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Use HTML Elements

Posted by Chana Weiss
Chana Weiss
182 Points

How do you write an html doctype?

I have just started programming and was stuck on the first task in a challenge, asking me to write an HTML doctype. Please let me know if you know the answer. thank you so much

2 Answers

Chris Jardine
Chris Jardine
13,299 Points
Chris Jardine
Chris Jardine
13,299 Points

Hi Chana

This is how it is written:

<!Doctype HTML>
Kerry Smyth
Kerry Smyth
3,921 Points
Kerry Smyth
Kerry Smyth
3,921 Points

I prefer the reverse upper/lower case: <!DOCTYPE html>

Matthew Tran
Matthew Tran
16,343 Points
Matthew Tran
Matthew Tran
16,343 Points

Just add this to the top of your index.html file:

<!DOCTYPE html>