Your First HTML Page

What Is It?

An HTML page is a text file saved with the .html extension.

What the Tags Mean

• <!DOCTYPE html>: tells the browser this is modern HTML.
• head: holds page information.
• body: holds what people see.

Example 1

Save each example as index.html and open it in your browser. Each code block is a complete page.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <title>My page</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Hello!</h1>
  <p>This is my first page.</p>
</body>
</html>

What you see: The tab says “My page”. The page shows “Hello!” and a paragraph.

Example 2: Another Use

This second complete page uses the same structure for a page about yourself.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Your First HTML Page</title>
 
</head>
<body>
<h1>About me</h1>
<p>My name is Asha.</p>
</body>
</html>

Simple Tip

The title appears in the browser tab. The h1 appears on the page.

Try It Yourself

Change the title and the heading to different words.