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HTML How to Make a Website HTML First Review: HTML First

Posted by Jacoby Courtney
Jacoby Courtney
178 Points

Is this the way I should setup of all of my html projects?

I would like to know is this the basic setup for all html projects or will it be a different setup for different projects?

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
   <meta charset="utf-8">
   <title></title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <header>
     <h1></h1>
     <h2></h2>
    </header>
    <section>
     <p></p>
    </section>
    <footer>
     <p></p>
    </footer>
  </body>
</html>
Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points
Austin Whipple
Austin Whipple
29,725 Points

Formatted your HTML a bit. Be sure to check out the Markdown Cheatsheet below the text editor for help!

2 Answers

Jo-wayne Josephs
Jo-wayne Josephs
19,748 Points

It's good practice to have to have 

<!DOCTYPE html> 
   <html> 
      <head>
         <meta charset="utf-8">
         <title></title> 
      </head>
      <body>

and then your content. Everything else depends on whether or not your website calls for it. That is, if you want your website to have a header, you would use the <header> tag. Basically everything else is optional and depends on you. You must end with 

       </body> 
    </html>

however.

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
4,479 Points
Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
4,479 Points

As Jo-Wayne mentioned, it really depends on the web site.

There is nothing wrong with what you have written. As long as you have the essential tags that make it a valid and readable html file (doctype, html, head and body), the contents in the body can change according to your need or design.

I'm still learning, and more recently I learned that sections can have their own header and footer, as well as their own h1, h2 and p hierarchies.

HTML5 gives you lots of options to structure and lay out what is best for the project and you.