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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Build Structure

Posted by Abhishek Neogi
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Abhishek Neogi
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 995 Points

HTML 5.0 elements VS XHTML?

Okay, starting to get it after reviewing the video.

If I add any tags outside the <html> tags then that'll fall under the usual XHTML (or HTML without the 5.0 elements), right? Which means I won't be able to use the special tech features of the HTML 5.0 language,

Am I right lol?

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,732 Points

Normally only the DOCTYPE will be outside of the <html> tags.

Whether your document is HTML5 or XHTML should be reflected in the DOCTYPE. Also, if the document is XHTML, the <html> tag will include an xmlns attribute.

Either way, everything else will be inside the <html> tags.