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CSS CSS Basics (2014) Getting Started with CSS Inline and Internal Styles

Posted by Edward Zhou
Edward Zhou
377 Points

What is the purpose of <head> tag?

Hi, I was just wondering what the <head> tag does.

When I was coding, nothing changed after removed the <head> tag, which made me wonder what purpose does this tag really serves.

3 Answers

Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points
Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,858 Points

Hi Edward, The head is where all the metadata is place and also where the links or other information the site needs is placed. A good read on it can be found here: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/head :)

Nikhil Deorkar
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Nikhil Deorkar
Courses Plus Student 1,695 Points
Nikhil Deorkar
Nikhil Deorkar
Courses Plus Student 1,695 Points

Hi Edward, the head tag is actually really important. First, it sets the title of your web page. This may not be super obvious at first but when you look at the tab in your chrome, internet explorer, or other browser, you should see the title you defined in the head tag. It is also where you put meta information. For example, the charset, or character set, is defined in the the head. This sets the specific encoding for a website which is very important. Another example of this is the "responsive meta tag" which is a vital part of any website that is responsive. This has to go in the head tag. As for link tags, those can go in the body in either the beginning or the end but it is usually put in the head tag and it is generally received as a best practice to put it in the head.

ross williamson
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ross williamson
Courses Plus Student 595 Points
ross williamson
ross williamson
Courses Plus Student 595 Points

Your asking this in the wrong section