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JavaScript Treehouse Club - MASH MASH - HTML What in the Head

Mahmoud Amin
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Mahmoud Amin
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Posted by Mahmoud Amin
Mahmoud Amin
Courses Plus Student 6,269 Points

Meta and Link tags

Why do meta and link tags are opened <meta> or <link> but not closed like other tags </meta> or </link>

Ryan Zimmerman
Ryan Zimmerman
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Ryan Zimmerman
Ryan Zimmerman
3,854 Points

Because all of the information that will be put in the will be inside of the <>. <link "info needed">"no info needed"</link>

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

:point_right: meta and link are "void elements". Void elements can have attributes but not content.

Void elements only have a start tag; end tags must not be specified for void elements.

Here is the complete list of void elements, in alphabetic order: area, base, br, col, command, embed, hr, img, input, keygen, link, meta, param, source, track, wbr.

Some of the most common void elements are img and input.

terminator genesys
terminator genesys
1,969 Points
terminator genesys
terminator genesys
1,969 Points

these link do ot need closing tags because there will be no content inside it ever